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Hilary
Pronounced /ˈhɪləɹi/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1924 · #968
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for girls:35 in 2024 (#4,156)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No boys were recorded as Hilary in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1924 with 53 babies, ranked #968.
- It first shows up in the records in 1882.
- 2,197 boys 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
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 665 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 587 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 561 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 215 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 120 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5 babies, 0.00 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.