Meaning of the nameHilário

Male
Hi-lá-ri-o

Hilário is a male name whose origin in Portuguese is not known for certain; the spelling Ilario, from the same group, is the Italian form of Latin Hilarius.

Meaning

The meaning of Hilário is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 7,423
Rank in Brazil: #2,089
Median age: 61 years
2010 Census: 8,307; people

Hilário in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Hilário, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (1,901 people).

0 women 7,413 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Hilário is most common

States with the highest share of people named Hilário in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	1,374	0.013%
Santa Catarina	1,314	0.017%
São Paulo	939	0.002%
Paraná	936	0.008%
Bahia	402	0.003%
Minas Gerais	388	0.002%
Pará	275	0.003%
Espírito Santo	271	0.007%
Rio de Janeiro	237	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	139	0.005%
Tocantins	138	0.009%
Mato Grosso	125	0.003%
Amazonas	112	0.003%
Ceará	109	0.001%
Goiás	96	0.001%
Pernambuco	91	0.001%
Maranhão	89	0.001%
Piauí	86	0.003%
Rondônia	73	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	43	0.001%
Paraíba	41	0.001%
Distrito Federal	40	0.001%
Acre	29	0.004%
Alagoas	25	0.001%
Sergipe	25	0.001%
Amapá	15	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Hilário

Wiktionary records Hilário in Portuguese as a male given name, pronounced with a silent H, /iˈla.ɾju/, and Ilario as an Italian name inherited from Latin Hilarius. For Hilarius, Wiktionary refers to Latin hilare, 'cheerfully', and gives the sense 'cheerful, happy'; Behind the Name derives it from hilaris, 'cheerful', and records Hilario as the Spanish form. The specific origin of the Portuguese form Hilário is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,423 people named Hilário, with a median age of 61. Both spellings are almost always male and, proportionally, most common in Santa Catarina.

The most common spelling in the group, with the initial H, which is not pronounced, and the accent on the a.

Other spellings of Hilário

Spelling	People (2022)
Hilário	7,423
Ilario	4,810

Sources

Wiktionary: Hilário · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Wiktionary: Hilarius · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Ilario · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Hilarius · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Hilario · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Hilário

What does the name Hilário mean?

The meaning of Hilário is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Hilário in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,423 people with the first name Hilário, which ranks it number 2,089 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Hilário a boy's or a girl's name?

Hilário is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 7,413 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Hilário most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.017% of the state's population is named Hilário (1,314 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Hilário?

Ilario. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

Spotted a mistake? Report a correction for Hilário with a source. See the methodology.