Haya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ha-YAH
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #460 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,911 for girls
Haya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “modesty, shyness”. In 2025 it ranked 460th for girls in the UK (95 babies) and 1,911th for girls in the US (101 babies).
What does Haya mean?
Arabic
“modesty, shyness”
A well-known hadith calls haya, modesty, a branch of faith.
Is Haya a girl's or a boy's name?
Haya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 95 girls in the UK and 101 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #460among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 95about 1 in 2,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 95 girls in the UK were named Haya, making it the 460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 845th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Haya of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Haya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 127 girls in the UK were given Haya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #376, up from #460 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 426th in England and Wales.
Haya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #460 |
| 2024 | 90 | #497 |
| 2023 | 73 | #570 |
| 2022 | 58 | #697 |
| 2021 | 51 | #792 |
| 2020 | 46 | #845 |
| 2019 | 53 | #778 |
| 2018 | 50 | #821 |
| 2017 | 44 | #933 |
| 2016 | 32 | #1,162 |
| 2015 | 37 | #1,040 |
| 2014 | 36 | #1,053 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,559 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,518 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,179 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,293 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,545 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Haya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,911among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 101about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 101 girls in the US were named Haya, making it the 1,911th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,115th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 110 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the girls named Haya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 106 girls in the US were given Haya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,627, up from #1,911 for this spelling alone.
- Haya 101
- Hayaa 5
Haya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | #1,911 |
| 2024 | 110 | #1,823 |
| 2023 | 106 | #1,878 |
| 2022 | 103 | #1,930 |
| 2021 | 83 | #2,233 |
| 2020 | 86 | #2,115 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,451 |
| 2018 | 65 | #2,646 |
| 2017 | 81 | #2,283 |
| 2016 | 79 | #2,366 |
| 2015 | 69 | #2,590 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,869 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,998 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,477 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 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 | 5 | #6,389 |
Names like Haya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Zainab Ayah Huda Rahma Raya Aaliyah Halima Amira Safaa
Other spellings of Haya
Names related to Haya
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Haya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haya, updated 20 October 2026.