Hikari

Popularity Trends

The name Hikari is the #7,481 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 258 recorded births since 1993. This represents the 3.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,463 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 253 births since 1993. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2023.

Hikari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1993 (1993 for girls and 2023 for boys). Birth data for Hikari is available in 25 out of the 31 years between 1993 and 2023 (25 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Hikari has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 70.6% of babies named Hikari were girls.

For girls, Hikari reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #922) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Hikari ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 64.7% of its peak share of births.

For boys, Hikari reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #911) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Currently, Hikari is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #911 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hikari".

1993 2023 19932023

Key Statistics

Total Births

253

Peak Births

Peak Year

2021

First Recorded

1993

Peak Percentile

1.5%

Current Percentile

0.7%

Peak Rank

#922

Current Rank

#940

Female statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

2023

First Recorded

2023

Peak Percentile

0.0%

Current Percentile

0.0%

Peak Rank

#911

Current Rank

#911

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Hikari", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Hikari.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Hikari's popularity from 1990 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Hikari at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Hikari range from Fishel at 94.5% correlation to Egypt at 93.6% correlation, with an average correlation level of 93.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Aspen with 24.8K births (90% girls) and the least popular is Fishel with 267 births (100% boys).

Hikari's share of births peaked at 10.6 births per million in 2021 (10.6 for girls in 2021 and 2.7 for boys in 2023). It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (23% of peak) in 2003. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Hikari had 9.6 births per million, 90% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Fishel

267

94.46% (very strong)

Kainan

835

94.31% (very strong)

Kane

18.1k

94.01% (very strong)

Safwan

837

93.89% (very strong)

Annalia

1,339

93.83% (very strong)

Zahra

8,271

93.80% (very strong)

Amarah

2,273

93.78% (very strong)

Kanaan

1,077

93.76% (very strong)

Abir

716

93.71% (very strong)

Kaine

3,367

93.66% (very strong)

Aspen

24.8k

93.63% (very strong)

Egypt

5,104

93.59% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Hikari

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Hikari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 61.8% confident that Hikari is pronounced as hee-KAH-ree, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is hih-KAH-ree, at 38.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.

hee-KAH-ree

61.8%

hih-KAH-ree

38.2%

hee-KAH-ree (3 syllables)

61.8% confidence

HH IY0 K AA1 R IY0

hih-KAH-ree (3 syllables)

38.2% confidence

HH IH0 K AA1 R IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like HH IY0 K AA1 R IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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