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Hilary
Pronounced /ˈhɪləɹi/
Rank in 2024
#4,156
Born in 2024
35
Peak year
1990 · #232
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 35 girls were named Hilary, about 1 in every 46,091.
- It peaked in 1990 with 1,217 babies, ranked #232.
- It first shows up in the records in 1914.
- 24,144 girls have been named Hilary since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Hilary per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 53 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 259 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,613 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 7,026 babies, 0.28 per 1,000. Millennials: 11,869 babies, 0.42 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,875 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 449 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Hilarius (“cheerful, happy”), name of a fourth-century saint, and from its feminine form Hilaria.
- A male given name from Latin.
- A female given name from Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈhɪləɹi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Hilary, CC BY-SA 4.0.