# Hillard (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hillard/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,356 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,356 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

French Hillard, from Hilaire + -ard.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 7 | 4,134 |
| 1972 | 8 | 3,769 |
| 1973 | 11 | 3,098 |
| 1974 | 12 | 3,023 |
| 1976 | 10 | 3,578 |
| 1977 | 10 | 3,704 |
| 1978 | 5 | 6,177 |
| 1979 | 11 | 3,661 |
| 1982 | 5 | 6,737 |
| 1984 | 6 | 5,864 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,236 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,487 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,631 |
| 2000 | 6 | 9,536 |
| 2002 | 5 | 11,328 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.