Hila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HEE-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Hila is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “halo”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Hila mean?
Hebrew: modern Hebrew hila
“halo”
Modern Israeli name from the Hebrew word for a halo or aura of light.
Is Hila a girl's or a boy's name?
Hila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Hila, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Hila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Hila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Hila, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the girls named Hila in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,587 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,479 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,509 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,899 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,254 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,015 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,175 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
Names like Hila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliza Ada Eva Elsie Matilda Hallie Etta Hazel Ella Clara Nora Nina
Names related to Hila
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hila, updated 20 October 2026.