Hilario vs Hildagarde
American parents have registered 4,681 Hilarios since 1880, against 206 Hildagardes. Hilario is still ahead, with 30 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Hilario Hildagarde
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 125 years in which either name was published, Hilario for 120 years and Hildagarde for 5 years. The lead changed hands 6 times.
- 1885–1897 Hilario ahead
- 1898–1899 Hildagarde ahead
- 1900 Hilario ahead
- 1904–1905 Hildagarde ahead
- 1909–1915 Hilario ahead
- 1916 Hildagarde ahead
- 1917–2025 Hilario ahead
Side by side
| Hilario | Hildagarde | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 4,681 | 206 |
| Most in one year | 71 | 17 |
| Babies in 2025 | 30 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 3,300 | 7 |
| Median age today | 36 | 90 |
| Peak year | 1996 | 1916 |
| Best rank | 1,445th boys | 1,949th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 3,658th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1885 | 1898 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 4,681 | 206 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Hildagardes alive today are over 90; half the Hilarios are over 36. That is 54 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Hilario and Hildagarde.