Hikari is a girl's name of Japanese origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 16 girls in the United States.
Hikari belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Hikari first appears in Social Security records in 1993. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #6252 in 2021, and in 2024 16 babies received the name — 269 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Hikari is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Japanese origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Hikari is a girl name. In 2024, 16 babies received the name in the US.
Hikari comes from the Japanese tradition.
Hikari first appears in US records in 1993. Its best-ever ranking was #6252 in 2021, and 16 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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