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Hilton

#6,587 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Hilton has been given to 6,990 babies in the U.S. since 1882. In 2025 it ranked #6,587 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1920, with 138 recorded.

Babies named Hilton, 2025

1 in 255,000

Hilton over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hilton: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hilton means

Hilton is a given name.

The naming story behind Hilton

Wikidata records Hilton as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q16256942, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,925 boys were recorded with the name Hilton between 1882 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 138 in 1920; its best national rank was #498 in 1905.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,676 in 2020 to #6,587 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,596 in 2015 to #6,587 in 2025.

In the United States, 65 girls were recorded with the name Hilton between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2024; its best national rank was #4,571 in 1915.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #14,089 in 2020 to #15,774 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 Hilton?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 255,000
13 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 131,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,587
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
176,762 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hilton 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 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hilton. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hiltons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hilton was born before 1944 — so the typical Hilton is around 81 today.

Median birth year
1944
About 81 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
17.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
8.7%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
3,013
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Choose a decade

1920s — 17.4% of all recorded uses (1,204).

Is Hilton 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
−584
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,911
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−991
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.81×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
9.4%
Peak was 1920 (138)
Years since peak
105
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#498
1905

Spellings of Hilton

Hilton is not the most common spelling — Colton is, with 23.6% against Hilton's 1.1%.

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 Hilton is used

Across 1910–2025, Hilton was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 4,000 boys, against 1 in 35,244 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

025 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 4,000
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 5,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in 10,000
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 12,500
  5. 5Alabama1 in 20,000
  6. 6Virginia1 in 25,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 33,333
  8. 8Texas1 in 33,333

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. Hilton has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Hilton around the world

Where Hilton 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
    1998–2023
    #4,992
    in 2023
  • France
    1999–2019
    #5,092
    in 2019
  • Canada
    1993–2014
    #2,134
    in 2014
  • South Australia
    1945–2013
    #754
    in 2013

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

Notable people named Hilton

People whose public names include Hilton, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Hilton by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,587
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,911
Best rank ever
#498
1905
Peak year
1920
138 that year
First recorded
1882
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,925
Count in 2025
13

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#15,774
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,685
Best rank ever
#4,571
1915
Peak year
2024
10 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
65
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Hilton

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

HilarioKeltonSuttonWaltonNewtonWiltonDentonBartonHillelDeltonMaxtonBentonBostonJaxtonKentonGastonLaytonAustonDaxtonStantonDaytonBrytonBrittonKashton

Names with a curve like Hilton

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Hilton, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ElroyHaywoodLacyOthaAlvisRollinReynoldSherwoodLenardCarletonDeeHayward

Sibling names for Hilton

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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