Havilah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAV-i-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,644 for girls
Havilah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).
What does Havilah mean?
Hebrew: biblical place name
In Genesis, Havilah is the land encircled by the river Pishon, where there is gold.
Is Havilah a girl's or a boy's name?
Havilah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 41 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Havilah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Havilah, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Havilah of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Havilah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
How popular is Havilah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,644th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41 about 1 in 39,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Havilah, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. It first appears in the records in 1975.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Havilah of any year since it first appeared, in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Havilah in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Havilah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,644 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
Names like Havilah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hanvika, Harvi, Anvika, Saanvika, Gursanjh, Vaishnavi, Divisha, Gurmehar, Aadhini, Tanvika, Gurbani, Akshara
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, “Havilah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/havilah, updated 20 October 2026.