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Hillary

Pronounced /ˈhɪ.lə.ɹi/

Rank in 2024
#2,333
Born in 2024
79
Peak year
1992 · #132
Origin
Latin, Latin Hilaria, Latin Hilarius

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 79 girls were named Hillary, about 1 in every 20,420.
  • It peaked in 1992 with 2,521 babies, ranked #132.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1922.
  • 28,977 girls have been named Hillary since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Hillary per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
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    Boomers
  4. 0.2
    Gen X
  5. 0.6
    Millennials
  6. 0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 58 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,457 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 5,651 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Millennials: 16,703 babies, 0.59 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,970 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,133 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Latin Hilarius or Hilaria, from hilare (“cheerfully”) (compare English hilarious).

  • A unisex given name from Latin.
  • A female given name from Latin Hilaria.
  • A male given name from Latin Hilarius, variant of Hilary.
Origin
Latin, Latin Hilaria, Latin Hilarius
Say it
/ˈhɪ.lə.ɹi/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Hillary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Hilary

    Rank
    #4,156
    Born '24
    35
    Origin
    Latin
    1880peak 19902024