Hava
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAH-vuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Hava is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “living, life”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Hava mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Eve; also Turkish Havva
“living, life”
Hava is the Hebrew name of Eve, the first woman in Genesis.
Is Hava a girl's or a boy's name?
Hava is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hava in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Hava, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 8 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Hava in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
How popular is Hava in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Hava, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Hava in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hava in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Hava
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Anvika Saanvi Hanvika Viha Aavya Krisha Aadhya Kridha Arya Anvi Saanvika
Names related to Hava
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Hava: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hava, updated 20 October 2026.