Hila
given name · Latin script
Meaning: plural of hilum
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/hɪɫə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hila is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 408K(measured from records)
- ILIsrael≈1 in 584as הילה
- CYCyprus≈1 in 11K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Hila itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Israel (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 189 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈15,000 named הילה, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled הילה in IL Israel, LA Laos, ET Ethiopia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
plural of hilum
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hila counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL Israel | #141 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 584 | 176 | הילה | 106 |
| FI Finland | — | 4,982as Hilla | 1 in 1.1K | 5.2K | — | 40 |
| LA Laos | — | ≈4,600 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | הילה | 1 |
| ET Ethiopia | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 83K | — | הילה | 3 |
| US United States | — | 816 | 1 in 408K | 1.8K | Hila | 189 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 545as Hille | 1 in 32K | 477 | Hila | 11 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Hila | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBS Israel — Names given to babies (1949–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Hila is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In lua, to be guilty, be convicted, be in the wrong, be culpable, be condemned, lose a bet.
as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language
In Latin, nominative/accusative/vocative plural of hīlum
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In asl, giant taro: Alocasia macrorrhiza
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Cebuano, to do something slowly
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In xbr, to glow, gleam, flame
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hila Lulu Linb. 1964ILIsraeli multidisciplinary artist
- Hila Plitmannb. 1973ILAmerican operatic soprano
- Hilla Vidorb. 1975ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli actress
- Hila Feldmanb. 1979ILIsraeli actress
- Hila Saadab. 1982ILIsraeli actress and singer
- Hila Bronsteinb. 1983DEGerman singer
- Hila Korachb. 1984ILIsraeli journalist, television presenter and physician
- Hila Eranb. 1986ILIsraeli actor
- Hila Levyb. 1986USintelligence officer in the United States Air Force
- Hila Kleinb. 1987ILIsraeli YouTuber and fashion designer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 60 sources across 29 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 246 | #82,600 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 158 | #111,426 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 35 | #30,646 |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Hila?
- A machine transcription gives /hɪɫə/ (IPA) for Hebrew.
- Is Hila a male or female name?
- Hila is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Hila mean, and where does it come from?
- plural of hilum Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Hila have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named הילה in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Hila?
- In the United States, the national register counted 816 people named Hila in 2020, about 1 in 408 thousand residents.
- How common is Hila compared with other names?
- In Israel, Hila is the 141st most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Hila?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hilaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hila” — the 141st most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.