Hillel
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Hillel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Hillel mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Hillel a girl's or a boy's name?
Hillel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hillel in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 boys.
Hillel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Hillel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,138th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Hillel, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Hillel than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Hillel in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hillel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 44 | #2,847 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,791 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
Names like Hillel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel, Abel, Musa, Noah, Caleb, Ibrahim, Hunter, Muhammad, Jonah, Hudson, Asher, Gabriel
Names related to Hillel
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hillel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hillel, updated 20 October 2026.