Haniya

What Haniya means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Haniya yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #284 vs #2,822 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Haniya?

US: Steady: #2890 in 2015, #2822 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #320 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2018, when 95 girls got the name (#2048 that year). First in the US records in 1997.

How common

• About 1 in 26,788 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,573 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,982 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in IL (0.16 per 1,000 girls), VA (0.15 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.08 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Haniya is #2822 in the US and #284 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Haniya were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Haniyah13 US · 22 E&W
• Haaniya0 US · 12 E&W
• Hanya5 US · 4 E&W
• Hanaya0 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Haniya

Girls

• Sofia#9“wisdom, especially divine wisdom”^*
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Mia#6Editor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records
• Adalynn#184Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025

For a brother

• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Ares#290Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #722 in 2015, #290 in 2025
• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Holden#297Editor’s note Steady in the US: #291 in 2015 and #297 in 2025
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Haniya’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.