Hillary
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning cheerful or hilarious.
Hillary by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Hillary. In the US, 63 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,521 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hillary. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hilarycheerful, merry6 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean joy
Like Hillary, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
- Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
- Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
- Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hillary
Nobody has voted for Hillary yet
Vote for Hillary and put it up against all the other baby names
Vote for Hillary