Haniyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAH-nee-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,460 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Haniyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “happy, content”. In 2025 it ranked 1,460th for girls in the UK (22 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Haniyah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Haniya
“happy, content”
Is Haniyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Haniyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haniyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,460among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were named Haniyah, making it the 1,460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,286th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 31 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Haniyah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Haniyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 189 girls in the UK were given Haniyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #273, up from #1,460 for this spelling alone.
- Haniya 167
- Haniyah 22
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,407th in England and Wales.
Haniyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,151 |
| 2022 | 26 | #1,325 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,448 |
| 2020 | 27 | #1,286 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,452 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,622 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Haniyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Haniyah, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Haniyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 73 girls in the US were given Haniyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,087, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
- Haniya 60
- Haniyah 13
Haniyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
Names like Haniyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Safa Nusaybah Ayah Hafsa Sumayyah Zainab Ruqayyah Hiba Aafiyah Aasiyah Halima
Other spellings of Haniyah
Names related to Haniyah
Hannah Hania Haaniya Haaniyah Haania Hanya Hanah Hannia Hananiah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Haniyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haniyah, updated 20 October 2026.