Given name

Hillari

“a cheerful woman; bringer of joy”

Hillari is a variant of Hilary. One Greek interpretation is “a cheerful woman; bringer of joy.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Hillari is a variant of Hilary. One Greek interpretation is “a cheerful woman; bringer of joy.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Hillari is a variant of Hilary. An origin associated with Hilary is Greek.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Hillari through the years

Babies since 1880
250
0 boys · 250 girls
Most popular year
1992
31 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Hillari in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1964–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 288 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.

Hillari’s family of names

Hillari has a related form in Hilary. In Finnish usage, Hillari has a conventional equivalent in the German form Hilarius.

Walk Hillari’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

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.

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Sibling ideas

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