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Hillary

Used steadily for girls through the mid-20th century, then dropped off sharply for new babies as Hillary Clinton became a prominent public figure in the 1990s, a well-documented reversal in the SSA data. It has cooled since its 1980s peak, though it is still chosen today. As things stand now, it is a solidly familiar choice.

LatinLatin "hilaris"
EtymologyMeaning "cheerful"
Births by decade
1900s
26
1910s
117
1920s
197
1930s
141
1940s
387
1950s
894
1960s
1,484
1970s
4,171
1980s
9,706
1990s
8,750
2000s
2,704
2010s
1,194
Peaked in the 1980s · 29,771 total U.S. births since 1900