Hillary

Where Hillary comes from

From Latin Hilarius or Hilaria, from hilare (“cheerfully”) (compare English hilarious).
— Wiktionary's entry for Hillary
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Hillary through the years
  1. 1922
    First appearance
    #5,009 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1943
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1977
    Hillary Wolf born
    American actor and judoka
  4. 1983
    Hillary Scott born
    American pornographic actress
  5. 1992
    Peak, #132
    2,520 babies named Hillary, the most in any year.
  6. 1993
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #261.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name from Latin.
  • A female given name from Latin Hilaria.
  • A male given name from Latin Hilarius, variant of Hilary.
Namesakes
  • Hillary Scott · American pornographic actress, born 1983
  • Hillary Wolf · American actor and judoka, born 1977
  • Hillary Brooke · American film actress, 1914–1999
  • Hillary Scott · American singer and songwriter, born 1986
  • Hillary Lindsey · American singer-songwriter, born 1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.