Hilton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HIL-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Hilton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hill settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Hilton mean?
English: surname from a place name
“hill settlement”
From English place names meaning 'hill settlement'; the surname is famous from Conrad Hilton's hotel chain.
Is Hilton a girl's or a boy's name?
Hilton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Hilton in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hilton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hilton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
How popular is Hilton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Hilton, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 138 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882. 5 girls were also named Hilton in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Hilton than any year since 1908.
Half of all the boys named Hilton in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1965, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2021, 26% of the babies named Hilton in the US were girls.
Hilton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,225 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,676 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,209 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,400 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,303 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,904 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,833 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,291 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 29 | #1,889 |
| 1981 | 29 | #1,898 |
| 1980 | 36 | #1,619 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,532 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 40 | #1,450 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,053 |
| 1975 | 33 | #1,558 |
| 1974 | 30 | #1,618 |
| 1973 | 30 | #1,586 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,196 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,525 |
| 1970 | 54 | #1,117 |
| 1969 | 58 | #1,008 |
| 1968 | 47 | #1,083 |
| 1967 | 38 | #1,214 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,027 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,106 |
| 1964 | 62 | #967 |
| 1963 | 74 | #873 |
| 1962 | 66 | #929 |
| 1961 | 64 | #957 |
| 1960 | 88 | #812 |
| 1959 | 80 | #842 |
| 1958 | 82 | #827 |
| 1957 | 92 | #782 |
| 1956 | 102 | #726 |
| 1955 | 80 | #817 |
| 1954 | 90 | #750 |
| 1953 | 73 | #838 |
| 1952 | 112 | #652 |
| 1951 | 83 | #765 |
| 1950 | 96 | #700 |
| 1949 | 75 | #792 |
| 1948 | 100 | #672 |
| 1947 | 87 | #736 |
| 1946 | 83 | #716 |
| 1945 | 85 | #654 |
| 1944 | 72 | #730 |
| 1943 | 99 | #642 |
| 1942 | 93 | #667 |
| 1941 | 95 | #620 |
| 1940 | 95 | #607 |
| 1939 | 97 | #581 |
| 1938 | 83 | #656 |
| 1937 | 87 | #621 |
| 1936 | 59 | #797 |
| 1935 | 102 | #573 |
| 1934 | 88 | #637 |
| 1933 | 99 | #582 |
| 1932 | 79 | #691 |
| 1931 | 117 | #539 |
| 1930 | 107 | #579 |
| 1929 | 110 | #564 |
| 1928 | 122 | #552 |
| 1927 | 111 | #589 |
| 1926 | 119 | #563 |
| 1925 | 116 | #577 |
| 1924 | 135 | #545 |
| 1923 | 113 | #594 |
| 1922 | 134 | #542 |
| 1921 | 106 | #616 |
| 1920 | 138 | #521 |
| 1919 | 97 | #616 |
| 1918 | 112 | #575 |
| 1917 | 111 | #557 |
| 1916 | 102 | #565 |
| 1915 | 84 | #632 |
| 1914 | 64 | #632 |
| 1913 | 48 | #641 |
| 1912 | 39 | #681 |
| 1911 | 26 | #597 |
| 1910 | 21 | #634 |
| 1909 | 14 | #756 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 18 | #591 |
| 1906 | 15 | #613 |
| 1905 | 21 | #491 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | 11 | #686 |
| 1901 | 8 | #778 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 8 | #786 |
| 1898 | 11 | #662 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 7 | #752 |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
Names like Hilton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Hilton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hilton, updated 20 October 2026.