Hidayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hi-DAH-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #812 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Hidayah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “guidance”. In 2025 it ranked 812th for girls in the UK (48 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Hidayah mean?
Arabic
“guidance”
In Islam, hidayah means God's guidance towards the right path.
Is Hidayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Hidayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hidayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 812th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 48 about 1 in 5,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 48 girls in the UK were named Hidayah, making it the 812th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 987th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 55 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hidayah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 girls in the UK were given Hidayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #725, up from #812 for this spelling alone.
- Hidayah 48
- Hidaayah 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 763rd in England and Wales.
Hidayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #812 |
| 2024 | 55 | #735 |
| 2023 | 43 | #892 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,118 |
| 2021 | 40 | #945 |
| 2020 | 37 | #987 |
| 2019 | 45 | #878 |
| 2018 | 39 | #995 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Hidayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Hidayah, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Hidayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hidayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
Names like Hidayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Ruqayyah, Abeeha, Safa, Ayah, Aafiyah, Sumayyah, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Aaminah, Hiba, Zainab
Other spellings of Hidayah
Hidaayah
Names related to Hidayah
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, “Hidayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hidayah, updated 20 October 2026.