Hadi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAA-dee
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #463 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,341 for boys
Hadi is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “guide”. In 2025 it ranked 463rd for boys in the UK (96 babies) and 1,341st for boys in the US (142 babies).
What does Hadi mean?
Arabic
“guide”
Al-Hadi, the Guide, is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Is Hadi a girl's or a boy's name?
Hadi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 96 boys in the UK and 142 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hadi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #463among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 96about 1 in 3,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 96 boys in the UK were named Hadi, making it the 463rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 700th.
2025 had the most boys named Hadi of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Hadi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 126 boys in the UK were given Hadi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #379, up from #463 for this spelling alone.
- Hadi 96
- Haadi 30
Among boys in 2025, it was 438th in England and Wales and 441st in Scotland.
Hadi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | #463 |
| 2024 | 82 | #532 |
| 2023 | 50 | #750 |
| 2022 | 56 | #691 |
| 2021 | 66 | #626 |
| 2020 | 54 | #700 |
| 2019 | 60 | #656 |
| 2018 | 60 | #661 |
| 2017 | 48 | #778 |
| 2016 | 56 | #691 |
| 2015 | 55 | #688 |
| 2014 | 43 | #807 |
| 2013 | 37 | #888 |
| 2012 | 34 | #957 |
| 2011 | 53 | #690 |
| 2010 | 46 | #739 |
| 2009 | 39 | #818 |
| 2008 | 37 | #837 |
| 2007 | 37 | #812 |
| 2006 | 28 | #939 |
| 2005 | 31 | #844 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,140 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,151 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Hadi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,341among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 142about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 142 boys in the US were named Hadi, making it the 1,341st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,798th. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had the most boys named Hadi of any year since it first appeared, in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Hadi in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 150 boys in the US were given Hadi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,174, up from #1,341 for this spelling alone.
- Hadi 142
- Haadi 8
Hadi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 142 | #1,341 |
| 2024 | 106 | #1,608 |
| 2023 | 107 | #1,623 |
| 2022 | 85 | #1,861 |
| 2021 | 90 | #1,770 |
| 2020 | 83 | #1,798 |
| 2019 | 100 | #1,634 |
| 2018 | 112 | #1,521 |
| 2017 | 84 | #1,804 |
| 2016 | 87 | #1,763 |
| 2015 | 78 | #1,870 |
| 2014 | 100 | #1,576 |
| 2013 | 91 | #1,658 |
| 2012 | 74 | #1,922 |
| 2011 | 91 | #1,656 |
| 2010 | 81 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 73 | #1,941 |
| 2008 | 91 | #1,679 |
| 2007 | 105 | #1,509 |
| 2006 | 100 | #1,512 |
| 2005 | 78 | #1,708 |
| 2004 | 76 | #1,684 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,051 |
| 2002 | 57 | #1,939 |
| 2001 | 61 | #1,812 |
| 2000 | 55 | #1,891 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,346 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
Names like Hadi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Musa Abdullah Ahmed Zayd Rafi Umar Mustafa Zayan Zayaan Huzaifa
Other spellings of Hadi
Names related to Hadi
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hadi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hadi, updated 20 October 2026.