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Hillary

Hillary is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

FemaleHigh

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict
Female
Confidence
High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
United States, Great Britain
US records 1880–2017
1,262 male / 28,540 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Hillary

If you do not know Hillary’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Hillary,” in English, “Guten Tag Hillary,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Hillary,

German

Guten Tag Hillary,

French

Bonjour Hillary,

Spanish

Estimado/a Hillary:

Chinese

Hillary您好：

Japanese

Hillary様

English

Hi Hillary,

German

Hi Hillary,

French

Salut Hillary,

Spanish

Hola Hillary,

Chinese

Hillary你好：

Japanese

Hillaryさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Hillary by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
United Statescommonwoman's name
Great Britainrarewoman's name

United States birth data

1,262 male · 28,540 female · 29,802 births recorded

Male ≈ 4.2%Female ≈ 95.8%

Records from 1980–2017: 0.7% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Hillary a male or female name?

Hillary is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Hillary in an email?

If you do not know Hillary’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Hillary,” in English, “Guten Tag Hillary,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Is Hillary a unisex name?

Hillary is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Related names

MariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMaleJoseMale

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Hillary a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/hillary. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_hillary,
  title  = {Is Hillary a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/hillary},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}