Given name & surname · also American
Hilton
“a wealthy woman”·“from the town on the hill”
Hilton is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a wealthy woman” (American) and “from the town on the hill” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a wealthy woman” (American) and “from the town on the hill” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with American and English naming traditions.
How it developed
From Old English hyll (“hill”), from Norman Hildun.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hilton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,990
- 6,925 boys · 65 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 143 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #6,591 for boys · #15,778 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,591 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 138 in 1920. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,566 as a first name in 2020; 27,585 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hilton’s family of names
Hilton has a related form in Helton. Hilton has a related form in Hylton. Hilton has a related form in Hellten.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hilton has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
Englishwhere Hilton comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hilton
- Hilton ValentineBritish guitarist (1943–2021)
- Hilton ArmstrongAmerican basketball player (born 1984)
- Hilton RuizAmerican musician of Puerto Rican descent (1952–2006)
- Hilton DeakinAustralian bishop (1932–2022)
- Hilton McRaeBritish actorborn 1949
- Hilton ClarkeAustralian racing cyclist (b. 1979)
- Hilton ClarkeAustralian cyclistborn 1944
- Hilton AlsAmerican writer and theater critic (born 1961)
- Hilton CartwrightAustralian cricketerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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