Ilario
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ee-LAH-ree-oh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Ilario is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “cheerful”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Ilario mean?
Latin: Italian form of Hilary, from hilaris
“cheerful”
Saint Hilary of Poitiers, a 4th-century bishop and theologian, is Sant'Ilario in Italian.
Is Ilario a girl's or a boy's name?
Ilario is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ilario in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 4 boys.
Ilario in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
How popular is Ilario in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Ilario, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1929.
2025 had more boys named Ilario than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Ilario in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ilario in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
Names like Ilario
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Iago, Mario, Lucio, Antonio, Vittorio, Ario, Marco, Santiago, Pablo, Benicio, Romeo, Sergio
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Ilario: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ilario, updated 20 October 2026.