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Pilar

Pilar: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“pillar”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
pee-LAR · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (88% of all uses)

Spanish title name from María del Pilar, referring to Our Lady of the Pillar. It ultimately comes from Latin pilare/pilar 'pillar'.

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How popular is Pilar?

202413.5 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Pilar in 202445

2024 rank#3,453 girls

Peak year2005

Total US babies since 18806,210

Pilar has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Pilar

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Jadestone of the side · Spanish
  • Savannahtreeless plain · Spanish
  • Catalinapure · Spanish
  • Amayamother city · Spanish
  • Ximenameaning uncertain · Spanish
  • Aitanafrom the Aitana mountain · Spanish
  • Lolasorrows · Spanish
  • Amoralove · Spanish

Pilar questions

What does the name Pilar mean?

Pilar means "pillar". It comes from Spanish. Spanish title name from María del Pilar, referring to Our Lady of the Pillar. It ultimately comes from Latin pilare/pilar 'pillar'.

Is Pilar a boy or girl name?

Pilar is mainly a girl's name in US records (88% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Pilar?

45 US babies were named Pilar in 2024. Its peak year was 2005.

How do you pronounce Pilar?

Pilar is usually pronounced pee-LAR.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.