Haya

What Haya means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1960, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Haya?

US: Rising: up from #2590 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #965 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 110 girls got the name (#1823 that year). First in the US records in 1960.

How common

• About 1 in 15,914 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,666 baby girls in England and Wales 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 NJ (0.2 per 1,000 girls), VA (0.18 per 1,000 girls), CA (0.16 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Haya is #1911 in the US and #426 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 Haya were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Hiya7 US · 12 E&W
• Hayah0 US · 11 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 Haya

Girls

• Esme#298Diminutive of Esmeralda, meaning “emerald”^*
• Eloise#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #254 in 2015, #49 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Azalea#278Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #580 in 2015, #278 in 2025
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel

For a brother

• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025
• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*

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 Haya’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.