Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: falling
HilaIn Hebrew: הילה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: הִלָּהRomanization: hilá
Hila (Hebrew: הילה) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 26,703 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 314 girls and ranked #60. Its peak year was 2009, with 883 babies.
- People in Israel
- 26,703
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 314
- rank #60
- Peak year
- 2009
- 883 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Hila
In Hebrew letters the name is הילה, read right to left. Hila is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "hilá" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name, Hila
Compare (Biblical) הֵהֵל (hehél, “to shine”) from the same root. The sense "halo" is a semantic loan from French halo and cognates, all from Latin halos itself from Ancient Greek ᾰ̔́λως (hắlōs).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Hila by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Hila
How do you write Hila in Hebrew?
Hila is written הילה in Hebrew (with vowel points: הִלָּה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "hilá".
How many people in Israel are named Hila?
26,703 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name הילה: 26,703 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Hila a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named הילה are women.
What does the name Hila mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Hila" Etymology: Compare (Biblical) הֵהֵל (hehél, “to shine”) from the same root. The sense "halo" is a semantic loan from French halo and cognates, all from Latin halos itself from Ancient Greek ᾰ̔́λως (hắlōs).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.