Hilario comes from the Latin / Spanish tradition, meaning Cheerful, merry, joyous one.
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How popular is Hilario?
1996peak year
Today, Hilario is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #3950), with only about 28 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1996, 71 babies were given the name (ranked #1448 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Hilario's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 4,651 babies have been registered as Hilario since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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