Hidaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hee-DAH-yah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Hidaya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “guidance”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Hidaya mean?
Arabic: Arabic word
“guidance”
From Arabic hidaya, 'guidance', in Islam the divine guidance onto the right path.
Is Hidaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Hidaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hidaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Hidaya, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hidaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Hidaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,628 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
How popular is Hidaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Hidaya, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Hidaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hidaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
Names like Hidaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Abeeha Nusaybah Hiba Halima Aaliyah Zainab Safiya Amira Ayah Ruqayyah
Names related to Hidaya
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, “Hidaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hidaya, updated 20 October 2026.