Meaning and history
From Japanese 光 (hikari) meaning “light”; other kanji can also be used to write the name, which is often written in hiragana.
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: 9 births, rank #11,630
2008: 6 births, rank #15,405
2009: 10 births, rank #10,679
2010: 6 births, rank #14,959
20112011: 8 births, rank #12,153
2012: 8 births, rank #12,199
2013: 5 births, rank #16,547
2014: 7 births, rank #13,069
2015: 8 births, rank #11,835
20162016: 17 births, rank #6,901
2017: 14 births, rank #7,840
2018: 19 births, rank #6,248
2019: 18 births, rank #6,414
2020: 14 births, rank #7,559
20212021: 19 births, rank #6,174
2022: 16 births, rank #6,984
2023: 12 births, rank #8,486
2024: 16 births, rank #6,932
20252025: 8 births, rank #10,917
In 2025, 8 babies were recorded with the name Hikari, ranking #10,917 among girls.