# Hilton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hilton/  
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 | 6,990 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,925 / 65 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 95, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 5 | 4,573 |
| 1920 | 5 | 5,309 |
| 1925 | 5 | 5,324 |
| 2010 | 5 | 18,009 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,317 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,094 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,593 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,698 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9,826 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,778 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 5,062 |
| 2012 | 21 | 4,591 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,692 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,600 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5,600 |
| 2016 | 24 | 4,241 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,899 |
| 2018 | 25 | 4,137 |
| 2019 | 31 | 3,595 |
| 2020 | 29 | 3,679 |
| 2021 | 26 | 4,055 |
| 2022 | 18 | 5,286 |
| 2023 | 20 | 4,947 |
| 2024 | 15 | 6,008 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,591 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Hilton

- Hilton Valentine, British guitarist (1943–2021)
- Hilton Armstrong, American basketball player (born 1984)
- Hilton Ruiz, American musician of Puerto Rican descent (1952–2006)
- Hilton Forrest Deakin, Australian bishop (1932–2022)
- Hilton Clarke, Australian racing cyclist (b. 1979)
- Hilton McRae, British actor
- Hilton Als, American writer and theater critic (born 1961)
- Hilton Cartwright, Australian cricketer
- Hilton Clarke, Australian cyclist
- Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet, British politician (1879-1960)
- Cole Anthony, American basketball player (born 2000)

## 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.