Hena
Girl · HEH-na
Hena is a girls' name, meaning “the moon”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Hena mean?
Albanian, from hëna 'the moon'
“the moon”
Also used by Bangladeshi families, where Hena is the Bengali word for henna.
- Say it
- HEH-na
Is Hena a girl's or a boy's name?
Hena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hena in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Hena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Hena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Hena, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Hena in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
Names like Hena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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