Hillel
Hillel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 36 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 360.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201947 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1918
- 1,428people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,428 boys have been named Hillel in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 47 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2019, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2010s alone account for 21%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hillel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 14 | |
| 1930s | 46 | |
| 1940s | 33 | |
| 1950s | 73 | |
| 1960s | 77 | |
| 1970s | 115 | |
| 1980s | 151 | |
| 1990s | 161 | |
| 2000s | 248 | |
| 2010s | 306 | |
| 2020s | 199 |
In 2019, its biggest year
Hillel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Hillel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Eleazarpeak 2023
- Dariopeak 2024
- Ismaelpeak 2024
- Efraimpeak 2023
- Jaepeak 2020
- Eliseopeak 2024
- Valentinpeak 2007
- Jeronimopeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.