Havana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ha-VAN-a
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #973 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,249 for girls
Havana is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 973rd for girls in the UK (38 babies) and 3,249th for girls in the US (48 babies).
What does Havana mean?
Spanish: from La Habana, the Spanish name of Cuba's capital
The city's name is often linked to Habaguanex, a Taino chief, though its origin is uncertain.
Is Havana a girl's or a boy's name?
Havana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the UK and 48 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Havana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 973rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38 about 1 in 7,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the UK were named Havana, making it the 973rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,064th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 63 girls.
2025 had more girls named Havana than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Havana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 girls in the UK were given Havana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #756, up from #973 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 922nd in England and Wales.
Havana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #973 |
| 2024 | 30 | #1,176 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,151 |
| 2022 | 34 | #1,066 |
| 2021 | 34 | #1,078 |
| 2020 | 34 | #1,064 |
| 2019 | 45 | #878 |
| 2018 | 63 | #691 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Havana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,249th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 48 about 1 in 33,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 48 girls in the US were named Havana, making it the 3,249th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,549th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 171 girls. It first appears in the records in 1898.
2025 had fewer girls named Havana than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Havana in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 69 girls in the US were given Havana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,172, up from #3,249 for this spelling alone.
Havana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #3,249 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,555 |
| 2022 | 80 | #2,319 |
| 2021 | 87 | #2,154 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,549 |
| 2019 | 114 | #1,789 |
| 2018 | 171 | #1,325 |
| 2017 | 69 | #2,546 |
| 2016 | 54 | #3,060 |
| 2015 | 53 | #3,129 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,737 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,725 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,769 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 43 | #3,623 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,477 |
| 2007 | 50 | #3,329 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,175 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,261 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 |
Names like Havana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Anvika, Hanvika, Saanvi, Divisha, Saanvika, Arya, Advika, Akshara, Arisha, Aavya, Viha
Other spellings of Havana
Names related to Havana
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar
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, “Havana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/havana, updated 20 October 2026.