Hillary

Originates from the Latin name Hilarius, rooted in hilaris, meaning cheerful. Historically a masculine name in medieval England following fourth-century bishop Saint Hilary of Poitiers, it gradually migrated across the gender line in the twentieth century. American parents picked it up as a midcentury alternative to traditional names, though its single largest spike arrived decades later.

The name reads as someone who never lost a permission slip. A Hillary is broadly imagined in a blazer, holding a legal pad and waiting for the room to quiet down. With an average age around thirty-eight, she belongs decisively to the era of color-coded binder tabs. It is a name with very little tolerance for an unread agenda.