Hikari
Hikari is a Japanese unisex name. Notable people with the name include:Hikari Agata , Japanese novelist and translator Hikari Endō , Japanese idol of the idol group Sakurazaka46 Hikari Hirata , Japanese professional footballer Hikari Ishida , Japanese actress Hikari Kajiwara , Japanese actress Hikari Kodama , Japanese singer and voice actress Hikari Minami , Japanese professional wrestler Hikari…
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Hikari
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hikari is a Japanese unisex name. Notable people with the name include:Hikari Agata , Japanese novelist and translator Hikari Endō , Japanese idol of the idol group Sakurazaka46 Hikari Hirata , Japanese professional footballer Hikari Ishida , Japanese actress Hikari Kajiwara , Japanese actress Hikari Kodama , Japanese singer and voice actress Hikari Minami , Japanese professional wrestler Hikari…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Hikari
Hikari first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1993, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2018: 19 births, good for #6,247 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 37% of all recorded Hikaris. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #7,102 among baby girl names with 15 births, gradually falling (-12%). In total, more than 299 Hikaris have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Hikari
Hikari is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 299 births in the dataset. Hikari's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #6,166. Use the chart and map above to compare Hikari's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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