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Hilal

#11,162 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Crescent moon

Hilal has been given to 146 babies in the U.S. since 1997. In 2025 it ranked #11,162 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 12 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 55% boys, 45% girls all-time.

Babies named Hilal, 2025

1 in 553,000

Hilal over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Hilal over time

In 2025, Hilal went to 45% girls and 55% boys.

19952025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Hilal: meaning, origin, and history

Crescent moon

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hilal means

Hilal means “crescent moon”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Hilal is used in Arabic and Turkish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /hi.ˈlaːl/ for Hilal.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 80 boys were recorded with the name Hilal between 1997 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2022; its best national rank was #6,967 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #11,111 in 2020 to #11,162 in 2025.

In the United States, 66 girls were recorded with the name Hilal between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2004; its best national rank was #12,328 in 1995.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #16,013 in 2020 to #15,771 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #15,203 in 2015 to #15,771 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Hilal?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,162
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hilal sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hilal. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hilals were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hilal was born before 2021 — so the typical Hilal is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
60.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
93.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
80
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2020s — 60.0% of all recorded uses (48).

Is Hilal rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−886
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−51
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
50.0%
Peak was 2022 (12)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,967
2022

Spellings of Hilal

Hilal is not the most common spelling — Bill is, with 43.8% against Hilal's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Hilal is used

Across 1910–2025, Hilal was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,652,691 across all states with data.

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Hilal has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Hilal around the world

Where Hilal ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2003–2025
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • France
    1974–2025
    #1,954
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    2007–2007
    #680
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Hilal by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,162
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 51
Best rank ever
#6,967
2022
Peak year
2022
12 that year
First recorded
1997
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
80
Count in 2025
6

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#15,771
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 242
Best rank ever
#12,328
1995
Peak year
2004
7 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
66
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Hilal

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Hilal

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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