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Havanna

Gender
Girl
Say it
ha-VAN-a
Origin
Spanish
UK rank, 2025
#3,776 for girls
US rank, 2025
#7,489 for girls

Havanna is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).

What does Havanna mean?

Spanish: spelling of Havana; 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.

Meaning borrowed from Havana.

Is Havanna a girl's or a boy's name?

Havanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Havanna in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,776th among girls
Babies in 2025
6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fast down 67% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Havanna, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 19 girls.

Half of all the girls named Havanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 48 girls in the UK were given Havanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #756, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.

1999Busiest: 19 in 20182025
Havanna in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#3,776
20240–
20234#4,915
20228#3,050
20215#4,148
20207#3,274
20194#4,904
201819#1,678
20175#4,250
20164#4,980
20150–
20145#4,187
20130–
20120–
20114#4,980
20105#4,220
20090–
20084#4,742
20073#5,415
20061#6,685
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20011#5,353
20000–
19991#5,182

How popular is Havanna in the US?

Rank in 2025
7,489th among girls
Babies in 2025
14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 44% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Havanna, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.

2025 had fewer girls named Havanna than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Havanna in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 69 girls in the US were given Havanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,172, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.

1991Busiest: 43 in 20182025
Havanna in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202514#7,489
202420#5,959
202316#6,917
202217#6,702
202115#7,245
202012#8,401
201935#4,071
201843#3,558
201719#6,283
201626#5,129
201518#6,719
201427#5,023
201329#4,753
201229#4,834
201124#5,541
201019#6,638
200924#5,707
200830#4,880
200737#4,130
200633#4,357
200539#3,726
200419#6,211
200315#7,202
200212#8,274
200116#6,614
20008#10,738
19997#11,378
19989#9,254
19970–
19968#9,576
19956#11,778
19940–
19930–
19920–
19918#9,328

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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, “Havanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/havanna, updated 20 October 2026.