Hilary

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Hilary: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Hilary: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #106, and it stood at #4,709 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
68times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#106highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#916
1997	#1543
1998	#1259
1999	#1970
2000	#1688
2001	#1728
2002	#1658
2003	#1996
2004	#1836
2005	#2438
2006	#2137
2007	#2233
2008	#3005
2009	#3422
2010	#2843
2011	#3185
2012	#4838
2013	#2649
2015	#3615
2017	#4763
2022	#4645
2023	#4709

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 45 of the 47 years from 1964 to 2010.

In 2010: #663 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2843 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #129 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2010
Highest recorded position: #106 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1964–2010).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Hilary appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 45 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,101 births with the name.

Hilary across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Hilary's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#129 (1964)	#106 (1965)	#663 (2010)	45 of 47	1,101 (1964–2010)	79 (1971)
England and Wales · Girls	#916 (1996)	#916 (1996)	#4709 (2023)	22 of 28	195 (1996–2023)	23 (1996)

Hilary by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Hilary in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	288	6 of 10	48
1970sbusiest	529	10 of 10	53
1980s	171	10 of 10	17
1990s	76	10 of 10	8
2000s	32	8 of 10	4
2010s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 53 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Hilary appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #106 in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Hilary's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1259	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#916	23	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	8	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	12	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#290	11	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	11	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#290	11	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#305	10	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	9	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#298	11	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	20	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#190	29	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#199	29	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	27	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	49	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	34	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#131	55	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	45	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	51	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	43	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	50	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#126	58	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#107	79	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#114	65	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	54	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	46	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	46	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	44	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	59	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#129	39	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2023, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #106, first reached in 1965.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 79 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1971.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Hilda · #160, 68y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dominick · #111, 57y
Doireann · #99, 50y
Thi · #116, 56y
Valentine · #119, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aideen · #106, 62y
Clive · #106, 62y
Elina · #106, 53y
Noelle · #105, 62y

Hilary was ranked #106 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1965. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Hilary and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Hilary without appearing here.

Hilary moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4838 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2649 and #5742.
Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4763 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #5669.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4763 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #5669.
Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3615 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Hilary

Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2649 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3615 and #1279.
Francis Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2649 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2502.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2504.
Malin Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2649 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2706.

Moved the opposite way to Hilary

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hilary went from #129 to #663 while Aisling went from #154 to #41.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hilary went from #129 to #663 while Alexandra went from #222 to #89.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hilary went from #129 to #663 while Anna went from #34 to #13.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hilary went from #129 to #663 while Charlotte went from #171 to #69.

Moved the same way as Hilary

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hilary went from #129 to #663 and Alma from #327 to #663.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hilary went from #129 to #663 and Deirdre from #14 to #663.
Diane Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hilary went from #129 to #663 and Diane from #215 to #663.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hilary went from #129 to #663 and Eileen from #17 to #395.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #106 in Republic of Ireland in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Hilary

Hilary at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hilary across 2 official records

Hilary by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Hilary appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Hilary and the names beside it

Hilary moved ahead of

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Hilary at a glance

Hilary across 2 official records

Hilary by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Hilary appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Hilary

Hilary and the names beside it

Hilary moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hilary

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