Hilario
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ee-LAH-ree-oh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Hilario is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “cheerful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Hilario mean?
Latin: Spanish and Italian form of Hilarius
“cheerful”
From the Roman name Hilarius; Saint Hilary of Poitiers was a 4th-century bishop and theologian.
Is Hilario a girl's or a boy's name?
Hilario is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hilario in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,657th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Hilario, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 71 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the boys named Hilario in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hilario in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 37 | #3,036 |
| 2013 | 44 | #2,666 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 47 | #2,622 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 53 | #2,347 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,077 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,160 |
| 2003 | 58 | #1,983 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,015 |
| 2001 | 67 | #1,706 |
| 2000 | 56 | #1,871 |
| 1999 | 57 | #1,760 |
| 1998 | 55 | #1,808 |
| 1997 | 56 | #1,727 |
| 1996 | 71 | #1,443 |
| 1995 | 60 | #1,554 |
| 1994 | 64 | #1,472 |
| 1993 | 64 | #1,455 |
| 1992 | 69 | #1,354 |
| 1991 | 70 | #1,346 |
| 1990 | 59 | #1,459 |
| 1989 | 54 | #1,511 |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,325 |
| 1987 | 45 | #1,561 |
| 1986 | 44 | #1,510 |
| 1985 | 41 | #1,568 |
| 1984 | 37 | #1,605 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,264 |
| 1982 | 67 | #1,115 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,207 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,238 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,206 |
| 1978 | 44 | #1,393 |
| 1977 | 42 | #1,407 |
| 1976 | 43 | #1,346 |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,258 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,215 |
| 1973 | 48 | #1,186 |
| 1972 | 39 | #1,348 |
| 1971 | 38 | #1,378 |
| 1970 | 44 | #1,253 |
| 1969 | 36 | #1,326 |
| 1968 | 39 | #1,217 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,236 |
| 1965 | 28 | #1,455 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,235 |
| 1963 | 39 | #1,237 |
| 1962 | 30 | #1,422 |
| 1961 | 32 | #1,405 |
| 1960 | 30 | #1,462 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,171 |
| 1958 | 30 | #1,419 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,129 |
| 1956 | 40 | #1,202 |
| 1955 | 42 | #1,153 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,310 |
| 1953 | 49 | #1,032 |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,194 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,331 |
| 1950 | 40 | #1,122 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,109 |
| 1948 | 40 | #1,126 |
| 1947 | 46 | #1,063 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,123 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,226 |
| 1944 | 49 | #906 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,307 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,421 |
| 1941 | 36 | #1,091 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,334 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,052 |
| 1938 | 33 | #1,125 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,168 |
| 1936 | 42 | #949 |
| 1935 | 30 | #1,226 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 1933 | 35 | #1,103 |
| 1932 | 36 | #1,126 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,217 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,093 |
| 1929 | 61 | #836 |
| 1928 | 53 | #927 |
| 1927 | 47 | #1,022 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,164 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,058 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,235 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,396 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,267 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,457 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,448 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,538 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,362 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,552 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,686 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 12 | #927 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
Names like Hilario
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Antonio, Mario, Ignacio, Aurelio, Julio, Emilio, Sergio, Mauricio, Octavio, Francisco, Lucio, Marco
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, “Hilario: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hilario, updated 20 October 2026.