Girl
Pilar
Pilar means "Spanish, pillar" and comes from Spanish, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is seldom chosen in the registry. 2005 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
SpanishSpanish – "pillar"
EtymologyMarian title "Our Lady of the Pillar"
Births by decade
1900s
28
1910s
209
1920s
384
1930s
243
1940s
227
1950s
345
1960s
614
1970s
689
1980s
646
1990s
820
2000s
1,124
2010s
531
Peaked in the 2000s · 5,860 total U.S. births since 1900