Given name
Hikari
Hikari is a feminine given name from Japanese. It is used in English and French.
Original Japanese愛
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hikari through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 282
- 5 boys · 277 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,293 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,293 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 342 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hikari’s family of names
In English usage, Hikari was borrowed from the Japanese form ひかり. In Japanese usage, Hikari is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 光梨. In Japanese usage, Hikari is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 光璃.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 7
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hikari
- Hikari TakagiJapanese association football playerborn 1993
- Hikari MitsushimaJapanese actressborn 1985
- Hikari IshidaJapanese singerborn 1972
- Hikari ŌeJapanese composerborn 1963
- Hikari HinoJapanese AV idolborn 1986
- Hikari NagashimaJapanese association football playerborn 1993
- Hikari AozoraJapanese AV idolborn 1999
- Hikari YamadaJapanese judokaborn 1967
- Hikari TachibanaJapanese voice actressborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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