Hilliard
Hilliard is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Hilliard
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hilliard is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Hilliard
The earliest SSA record of Hilliard as a baby boy name dates back to 1880, when 10 babies received it. 1920 was its biggest year on record, with 53 newborns named Hilliard — #947 in the national rankings. About 22% of every Hilliard on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Hilliard last appeared in the published SSA data in 1991, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Hilliard
Hilliard is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Hilliard's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #947. Use the chart and map above to compare Hilliard'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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