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Is Hilary a Male or Female Name?

Hilary is predominantly a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Hilary globally is 14.6% males and 85.4% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Nigeria with 94.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Colombia with 99.5%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Hilary in percentages: Globally: 14.6% males, 85.4% females, United States: 4.4% males, 95.6% females, United Kingdom: 2.6% males, 97.4% females, Canada: 4.8% males, 95.2% females, Nigeria: 94.0% males, 6.0% females, Italy: 3.5% males, 96.5% females, Ireland: 3.9% males, 96.1% females, Australia: 3.9% males, 96.1% females, South Africa: 24.9% males, 75.1% females, Colombia: 0.5% males, 99.5% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Hilary are 65+ years old, making up 33.5% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 45-54.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Hilary in each age group: 18-24: 17.1%, 25-34: 14.0%, 35-44: 11.8%, 45-54: 8.9%, 55-64: 14.6%, 65+: 33.5%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Hilary is Ireland with 0.0395% of the population. Following is United Kingdom and Canada.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Hilary measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Hilary year over year: 1956: 0.009‰, 1957: 0.0073‰, 1958: 0.0068‰, 1959: 0.0041‰, 1960: 0.0054‰, 1961: 0.0047‰, 1962: 0.0034‰, 1963: 0.0028‰, 1964: 0.0025‰, 1965: 0.0032‰, 1966: 0.0025‰, 1967: 0.0021‰, 1968: 0.002‰, 1969: 0.0025‰, 1970: 0.0019‰, 1971: 0.002‰, 1972: 0.0022‰, 1973: 0.0017‰, 1974: 0.0019‰, 1975: 0.0012‰, 1976: 0.0015‰, 1977: 0.0016‰, 1978: 0.002‰, 1979: 0.002‰, 1980: 0.0017‰, 1981: 0.0013‰, 1982: 0.0015‰, 1983: 0.002‰, 1984: 0.0024‰, 1985: 0.0028‰, 1986: 0.0022‰, 1987: 0.0027‰, 1988: 0.0032‰, 1989: 0.0035‰, 1990: 0.0037‰, 1991: 0.0029‰, 1992: 0.0029‰, 1993: 0.0019‰, 1994: 0.0019‰, 1995: 0.0023‰, 1996: 0.0029‰, 1997: 0.0027‰, 1998: 0.0024‰, 1999: 0.0023‰, 2000: 0.0038‰

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