Hilton
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning hill settlement.
Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Hilton by the numbers
Hilton was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 138 babies in 1920, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hilton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Huttonsettlement on the spur of a hill15 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Hilton, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Landonlong hill; open grassy hill6,390 in the US (2017)
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Knoxround hill1,646 in the US (2017)
- Brynleehill meadow; a form of Bryn with English suffix1,408 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hilton
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