Pilar
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #3,295 for girls
Pilar is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
What does Pilar mean?
Spanish
A female given name from Spanish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Pilar a girl's or a boy's name?
Pilar is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pilar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,295among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Pilar, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. Its busiest year was 2005, with 137 girls. It first appears in the records in 1896.
Half of all the girls named Pilar in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 50% of the babies named Pilar in the US in 1915, and 95% in 2008.
Pilar in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,459 |
| 2023 | 48 | #3,329 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 53 | #3,069 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,221 |
| 2019 | 54 | #3,002 |
| 2018 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,925 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 50 | #3,254 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,737 |
| 2013 | 81 | #2,279 |
| 2012 | 80 | #2,336 |
| 2011 | 74 | #2,453 |
| 2010 | 84 | #2,274 |
| 2009 | 90 | #2,190 |
| 2008 | 125 | #1,762 |
| 2007 | 85 | #2,276 |
| 2006 | 99 | #2,003 |
| 2005 | 137 | #1,513 |
| 2004 | 128 | #1,545 |
| 2003 | 109 | #1,732 |
| 2002 | 110 | #1,670 |
| 2001 | 100 | #1,774 |
| 2000 | 116 | #1,540 |
| 1999 | 108 | #1,558 |
| 1998 | 69 | #2,101 |
| 1997 | 67 | #2,099 |
| 1996 | 69 | #2,012 |
| 1995 | 71 | #1,934 |
| 1994 | 55 | #2,348 |
| 1993 | 67 | #2,040 |
| 1992 | 64 | #2,100 |
| 1991 | 69 | #1,990 |
| 1990 | 121 | #1,326 |
| 1989 | 92 | #1,537 |
| 1988 | 49 | #2,269 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,563 |
| 1985 | 53 | #2,020 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,148 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,926 |
| 1982 | 75 | #1,566 |
| 1981 | 62 | #1,790 |
| 1980 | 63 | #1,749 |
| 1979 | 48 | #2,088 |
| 1978 | 46 | #2,050 |
| 1977 | 51 | #1,922 |
| 1976 | 65 | #1,551 |
| 1975 | 69 | #1,481 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,598 |
| 1973 | 73 | #1,361 |
| 1972 | 58 | #1,578 |
| 1971 | 79 | #1,350 |
| 1970 | 78 | #1,343 |
| 1969 | 68 | #1,402 |
| 1968 | 55 | #1,539 |
| 1967 | 63 | #1,382 |
| 1966 | 56 | #1,474 |
| 1965 | 56 | #1,489 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,708 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,671 |
| 1962 | 46 | #1,671 |
| 1961 | 44 | #1,719 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,596 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,020 |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,166 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,956 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,452 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,155 |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,239 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,594 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,039 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,636 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,954 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,273 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,900 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,879 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,882 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,340 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,771 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,970 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,749 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,814 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,486 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,501 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,622 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,945 |
| 1924 | 38 | #1,301 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,637 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,309 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,723 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,751 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,639 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,690 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,739 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,049 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,896 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,405 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,540 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
Names like Pilar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Piper Luz Paris Amber Angel Ana Mia Reina Esmeralda Princess Mara Jocelyn
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Amayah Cesar Sierra Paloma
Sources
Figures from 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, “Pilar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pilar, updated 20 October 2026.