girls' name ★ peaked 2024

Haya

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #1,916 Trend ↑ Rising 47%
Rank 2025
#1,916
among girls · ↓87 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
101
named Haya · -8% vs 2024
How common
1 in 15,914
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2024
110 babies
All-time total
1,680
#5,307 all-time among girls
First recorded
1960
in Social Security records

Haya popularity over time

1,680 babies have been named Haya since 1960, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.020.040.060.0818801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2024Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
1950s – – – –
1960s 5 1 – #6,713
1970s – – – –
1980s 16 2 – #9,494
1990s 152 15 +850% #3,833
2000s 292 29 +92% #3,501
2010s 626 63 +114% #2,290
2020s (to 2025) 589 98 +57% #1,829

Where Haya is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 108 0.07 outside top 500
2027 114 0.07 outside top 500
2028 120 0.07 outside top 500
2029 125 0.08 outside top 500
2030 130 0.08 outside top 500

Where Haya is most popular

Girls named Haya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.062 per 1,000. Strongest in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Haya born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Virginia 48 0.282 +354%
New Jersey 24 0.133 +114%
New York 47 0.119 +91%
California 89 0.106 +71%
Illinois 22 0.096 +55%
Texas 67 0.083 +34%
Massachusetts 10 0.083 +33%
Maryland 5 0.047 -24%
Ohio 10 0.042 -32%
Florida 10 0.023 -62%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Georgia – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Indiana – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Minnesota – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Carolina – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Pennsylvania – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Tennessee – – –
Utah – – –
Vermont – – –
Washington – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Haya

Haya is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #1,916 in 2025 with 101 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1960, 1,680 American babies have been named Haya. Its peak came in 2024, when 110 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Haya stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Haya?

The median living Haya is about 9 years old; half are between 3 and 17. An estimated 1,700 people named Haya are alive in the United States today.

median 9 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Haya year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 101 #1,916
2024 110 #1,829
2023 106 #1,882
2022 103 #1,936
2021 83 #2,238
2020 86 #2,122
2019 72 #2,466
2018 65 #2,658
2017 81 #2,290
2016 79 #2,374
2015 69 #2,596
2014 68 #2,595
2013 59 #2,878
2012 55 #3,058
2011 37 #4,026
2010 41 #3,771
2009 39 #3,968
2008 47 #3,501
2007 25 #5,587
2006 20 #6,443
2005 26 #5,004
2004 29 #4,644
2003 28 #4,589
2002 36 #3,677
2001 23 #5,070
2000 19 #5,785
1995 12 #7,207
1990 13 #6,602
1985 – –
1980 6 #9,494
1975 – –
1970 – –
1965 – –
1960 5 #6,713
1955 – –
1950 – –
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 – –
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Haya

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Haya Harareet Haya Harareet Israeli actress (1931–2021) Contemporary
  2. 2 Haya bint Hussein Haya bint Hussein King Hussein I of Jordan's daughter b. 1974 · Contemporary
  3. 3 Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa Bahraini lawyer and diplomat (born 1952) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Haya, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Haya?

The median living Haya is about 9 years old. Half of all living Hayas are between 3 and 17 years old.

How many people named Haya are alive today?

An estimated 1,700 people named Haya are alive in the United States, based on 1,680 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Haya in 2025?

Haya ranked #1,916 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 101 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Haya?

1,680 babies have been named Haya in the United States since 1960, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Haya most popular?

Haya peaked in 2024, when 110 newborns received the name.

Is Haya a boy or girl name?

Haya is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Haya rising or falling?

Haya is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Haya become more popular?

Haya is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 130 girls named Haya in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Haya?

Well-known people named Haya include Haya Harareet (actor), Haya bint Hussein (politician), Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa (politician).

Names like Haya

Names that sound and feel close to Haya: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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