Hilary

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Polish

Meaning

Hilary, Hilarie or Hillary is a given name and surname, derived from the Latin hilarius meaning "cheerful", from hilaris, "cheerful, merry", which comes from the Greek แผฑฮปฮฑฯฯŒฯ‚, "cheerful, merry", which in turn comes from แผตฮปฮฑฮฟฯ‚, "propitious, gracious".

From Wikipedia

Hilary first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 32 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1992 with 221 babies (rank #155 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Hilary

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Hilary yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,600
Total babies (all years)
32
Years in the data
221
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991193#178
1992221#155
1993190#168
199495#276
199599#294
199691#311
199778#352
199852#477
199931#710
200021#921
200126#810
200239#623
200334#696
200447#535
200552#519
200656#506
200745#613
200827#950
200917#1,371
201029#913
201119#1,263
201222#1,141
201320#1,207
201418#1,328
201517#1,356
201610#2,052
201710#2,104
201810#2,059
201911#1,953
20215#3,632
202210#2,045
20235#3,656