Hayat
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ha-YAT
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #884 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,822 for girls
Hayat is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “life”. In 2025 it ranked 884th for girls in the UK (43 babies) and 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).
What does Hayat mean?
Arabic: also used in Turkish
“life”
Is Hayat a girl's or a boy's name?
Hayat is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 girls in the UK and 60 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hayat in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #884among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 6,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the UK were named Hayat, making it the 884th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 43 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hayat in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 55 girls in the UK were given Hayat or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #676, up from #884 for this spelling alone.
- Hayat 43
- Hayaat 12
In 2016, 85% of the babies named Hayat in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 834th in England and Wales.
Hayat in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #884 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2023 | 43 | #892 |
| 2022 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2021 | 34 | #1,078 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,368 |
| 2018 | 28 | #1,274 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,622 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Hayat in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,822among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 60about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Hayat, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,091st. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had the most girls named Hayat of any year since it first appeared, in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Hayat in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were given Hayat or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,217, up from #2,822 for this spelling alone.
- Hayat 60
- Hayaat 6
Hayat in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,822 |
| 2024 | 50 | #3,176 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,936 |
| 2022 | 44 | #3,535 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,091 |
| 2019 | 45 | #3,450 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
Names like Hayat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Zainab Ayat Ayah Hiba Aaliyah Huda Rehmat Rahma Safaa Raya
Other spellings of Hayat
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Hayat: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hayat, updated 20 October 2026.