Hillory
The Story of Hillory
As a girl name
American parents first put Hillory on the record books as a girl name in 1970, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1978, when 7 Hillorys were born — ranking #7,650 that year. About 63% of every Hillory on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Hillory last appeared in the published SSA data in 1982, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 27 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Hillory first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1914, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1914: 5 births, good for #3,264 nationwide. Hillory last appeared in the published SSA data in 1914, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 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 Hillory
Hillory is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 27 births in the dataset. Hillory's peak popularity came in 1978 when it ranked #7,650. Use the chart and map above to compare Hillory'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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