Hillary
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,583 for girls
Hillary is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “cheerfully”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,583rd for girls in the US (67 babies).
What does Hillary mean?
Latin
“cheerfully”
A unisex given name from Latin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Hillary a girl's or a boy's name?
Hillary is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 67 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hillary in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Hillary, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2010, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hillary in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Hillary in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Hillary in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,583rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 67 about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 67 girls in the US were named Hillary, making it the 2,583rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,061st. Its busiest year was 1992, with 2,520 girls. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the girls named Hillary in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 91 girls in the US were given Hillary or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,814, up from #2,583 for this spelling alone.
- Hillary 67
- Hilary 24
Girls were 53% of the babies named Hillary in the US in 1944, and 99% in 2008.
Hillary in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,583 |
| 2024 | 79 | #2,327 |
| 2023 | 72 | #2,466 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,463 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 52 | #3,061 |
| 2019 | 45 | #3,450 |
| 2018 | 49 | #3,244 |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,713 |
| 2016 | 172 | #1,368 |
| 2015 | 138 | #1,580 |
| 2014 | 177 | #1,333 |
| 2013 | 154 | #1,451 |
| 2012 | 157 | #1,452 |
| 2011 | 166 | #1,380 |
| 2010 | 168 | #1,379 |
| 2009 | 200 | #1,237 |
| 2008 | 412 | #722 |
| 2007 | 282 | #961 |
| 2006 | 265 | #981 |
| 2005 | 285 | #885 |
| 2004 | 311 | #808 |
| 2003 | 225 | #1,024 |
| 2002 | 197 | #1,076 |
| 2001 | 259 | #886 |
| 2000 | 252 | #873 |
| 1999 | 254 | #851 |
| 1998 | 243 | #867 |
| 1997 | 294 | #725 |
| 1996 | 312 | #693 |
| 1995 | 310 | #686 |
| 1994 | 409 | #565 |
| 1993 | 1,064 | #261 |
| 1992 | 2,520 | #132 |
| 1991 | 1,791 | #166 |
| 1990 | 1,525 | #192 |
| 1989 | 1,284 | #209 |
| 1988 | 1,084 | #245 |
| 1987 | 1,079 | #240 |
| 1986 | 1,083 | #239 |
| 1985 | 1,047 | #246 |
| 1984 | 1,009 | #247 |
| 1983 | 697 | #330 |
| 1982 | 754 | #321 |
| 1981 | 735 | #321 |
| 1980 | 835 | #300 |
| 1979 | 921 | #264 |
| 1978 | 719 | #318 |
| 1977 | 442 | #451 |
| 1976 | 331 | #529 |
| 1975 | 322 | #536 |
| 1974 | 312 | #540 |
| 1973 | 252 | #612 |
| 1972 | 242 | #633 |
| 1971 | 251 | #648 |
| 1970 | 257 | #639 |
| 1969 | 198 | #717 |
| 1968 | 178 | #741 |
| 1967 | 155 | #802 |
| 1966 | 124 | #905 |
| 1965 | 111 | #982 |
| 1964 | 132 | #908 |
| 1963 | 148 | #861 |
| 1962 | 112 | #1,014 |
| 1961 | 111 | #1,036 |
| 1960 | 75 | #1,265 |
| 1959 | 83 | #1,164 |
| 1958 | 94 | #1,080 |
| 1957 | 89 | #1,108 |
| 1956 | 99 | #1,026 |
| 1955 | 71 | #1,185 |
| 1954 | 77 | #1,122 |
| 1953 | 58 | #1,275 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,468 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,480 |
| 1950 | 54 | #1,249 |
| 1949 | 48 | #1,322 |
| 1948 | 43 | #1,408 |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,269 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,646 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,992 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,966 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,557 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
Names like Hillary
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emily, Holly, Molly, Jessica, Francesca, Melody, Erin, Cecily, Jasmine, Bethany, Heidi, Fatima
Other spellings of Hillary
Names related to Hillary
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Hillary: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hillary, updated 20 October 2026.