Hilton
Hilton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 15 births. Its best rank was 498th, in 1905.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 150.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1920138 births
- Best rank
- #498in 1905
- Since 1882
- 6,912people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,912 boys have been named Hilton in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 138 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1944, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 70 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hilton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | |
| 1890s | 56 | |
| 1900s | 123 | |
| 1910s | 704 | |
| 1920s | 1,204 | |
| 1930s | 918 | |
| 1940s | 884 | |
| 1950s | 890 | |
| 1960s | 592 | |
| 1970s | 351 | |
| 1980s | 287 | |
| 1990s | 254 | |
| 2000s | 298 | |
| 2010s | 220 | |
| 2020s | 108 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Hilton was the 521st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Hilton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Garlandpeak 1922
- Hershelpeak 1924
- Raymondpeak 1924
- Eltonpeak 1920
- Wilbertpeak 1922
- Leonardpeak 1921
- Arnoldpeak 1924
- Haroldpeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.