Hilaria
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hih-LAR-ee-uh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Hilaria is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “cheerful”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Hilaria mean?
Latin: feminine of Hilarius (Hilary)
“cheerful”
Feminine of Hilary, from Latin hilaris 'cheerful'; the Hilaria was also a Roman festival of rejoicing.
Is Hilaria a girl's or a boy's name?
Hilaria is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hilaria in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Hilaria, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1930, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1887.
Half of all the girls named Hilaria in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hilaria in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,153 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,749 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,460 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,703 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,255 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,646 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,679 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,944 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,479 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,195 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,133 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,740 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,528 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,230 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
Nicknames for Hilaria
- Hila 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Hilaria
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Virginia, Sylvia, Julia, Aurelia, Celia, Cecilia, Ophelia, Cordelia, Alma, Antonia, Estella, Flora
Names related to Hilaria
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from 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, “Hilaria: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hilaria, updated 20 October 2026.