Shem Tov UnisexOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady
HillelIn Hebrew: הלל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: הִלֵּלRomanization: hilél
Hillel (Hebrew: הלל) is a unisex name of biblical origin. 16,833 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 515 girls and ranked #34. Its peak year was 2016, with 966 babies.
- People in Israel
- 16,833
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 515
- rank #34
- Peak year
- 2016
- 966 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Hillel
In Hebrew letters the name is הלל, read right to left. Hillel 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 "hilél" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, equivalent to English Hillel
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Hillel 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 Hillel
How do you write Hillel in Hebrew?
Hillel is written הלל in Hebrew (with vowel points: הִלֵּל). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "hilél".
How many people in Israel are named Hillel?
16,833 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name הלל: 9,049 women and 7,784 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 Hillel a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 54% of the people named הלל are women and 46% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
What does the name Hillel mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, equivalent to English Hillel"
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.