Hilery
The Story of Hilery
As a girl name
Hilery first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1975, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1992: 8 births, good for #9,489 nationwide. About 36% of every Hilery on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Hilery last appeared in the published SSA data in 1992, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 36 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Hilery on the record books as a boy name in 1916, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1923, when 9 Hilerys were born — ranking #2,950 that year. About 56% of every Hilery on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Hilery last appeared in the published SSA data in 1942, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 73 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Hilery
Hilery is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 73 births in the dataset. Hilery's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #2,950. Use the chart and map above to compare Hilery's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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