Haniya
Girl · HAH-nee-ya · Arabic
Haniya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “happy, content”. In 2025 it ranked 294th for girls in the UK (167 babies) and 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).
What does Haniya mean?
Arabic: Arabic name used in Muslim families
“happy, content”
- Say it
- HAH-nee-ya
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Is Haniya a girl's or a boy's name?
Haniya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 167 girls in the UK and 60 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haniya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #294among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 167about 1 in 1,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 167 girls in the UK were named Haniya, making it the 294th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 248th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 222 girls.
Half of all the girls named Haniya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 189 girls in the UK were given Haniya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #273, up from #294 for this spelling alone.
- Haniya 167
- Haniyah 22
Among girls in 2025, it was 284th in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
Haniya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 167 | #294 |
| 2024 | 159 | #308 |
| 2023 | 185 | #269 |
| 2022 | 179 | #281 |
| 2021 | 181 | #291 |
| 2020 | 207 | #248 |
| 2019 | 222 | #241 |
| 2018 | 221 | #249 |
| 2017 | 200 | #274 |
| 2016 | 218 | #263 |
| 2015 | 153 | #336 |
| 2014 | 101 | #478 |
| 2013 | 72 | #622 |
| 2012 | 61 | #725 |
| 2011 | 47 | #844 |
| 2010 | 46 | #847 |
| 2009 | 57 | #707 |
| 2008 | 29 | #1,119 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,243 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
How popular is Haniya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,822among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 60about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Haniya, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,277th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 97 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer girls named Haniya than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Haniya in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 73 girls in the US were given Haniya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,087, up from #2,822 for this spelling alone.
- Haniya 60
- Haniyah 13
Haniya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,822 |
| 2024 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,704 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,463 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2020 | 78 | #2,277 |
| 2019 | 89 | #2,109 |
| 2018 | 95 | #2,048 |
| 2017 | 85 | #2,221 |
| 2016 | 97 | #2,033 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,890 |
| 2014 | 65 | #2,681 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
Names like Haniya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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