Hania
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAH-nee-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #414 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,214 for girls
Hania is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “happy, content”. In 2025 it ranked 414th for girls in the UK (112 babies) and 2,214th for girls in the US (83 babies).
What does Hania mean?
Arabic: Arabic name; also a Polish pet form of Hanna
“happy, content”
In Poland, Hania is the everyday pet form of Hanna, which comes from the Hebrew Hannah.
Is Hania a girl's or a boy's name?
Hania is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 112 girls in the UK and 83 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hania in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 414th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 112 about 1 in 2,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 112 girls in the UK were named Hania, making it the 414th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 420th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 133 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hania in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 115 girls in the UK were given Hania or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #401, up from #414 for this spelling alone.
- Hania 112
- Haania 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 394th in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
Hania in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 112 | #414 |
| 2024 | 133 | #367 |
| 2023 | 96 | #462 |
| 2022 | 90 | #494 |
| 2021 | 93 | #498 |
| 2020 | 112 | #420 |
| 2019 | 101 | #466 |
| 2018 | 54 | #786 |
| 2017 | 39 | #1,009 |
| 2016 | 34 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 30 | #1,216 |
| 2014 | 36 | #1,053 |
| 2013 | 46 | #882 |
| 2012 | 35 | #1,078 |
| 2011 | 39 | #977 |
| 2010 | 33 | #1,080 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,443 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,544 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,229 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Hania in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,214th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 83 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 83 girls in the US were named Hania, making it the 2,214th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,850th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 84 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Hania in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hania in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #2,214 |
| 2024 | 84 | #2,231 |
| 2023 | 55 | #3,014 |
| 2022 | 49 | #3,277 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,929 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,850 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,814 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
Names like Hania
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Halima, Aaliyah, Abeeha, Amira, Zainab, Nusaybah, Ayah, Khadija, Huda
Other spellings of Hania
Names related to Hania
Hannah, Hana, Hanna, Haniya, Haniyah, Hanan, Hani, Hanaa, Han, Hannia
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, 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, “Hania: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hania, updated 20 October 2026.