Hina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HEE-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Hina is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “henna”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Hina mean?
Arabic: Urdu form of Arabic hinna 'henna'; also a Japanese name
“henna”
In Japan the name also recalls Hinamatsuri, the spring Girls' Day festival of hina dolls.
Is Hina a girl's or a boy's name?
Hina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Hina, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 36 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hina 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.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Hina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,679 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 26 | #997 |
| 2002 | 36 | #762 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 24 | #987 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 22 | #1,022 |
| 1996 | 22 | #988 |
How popular is Hina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,459among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Hina, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. It first appears in the records in 1973.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Hina of any year since it first appeared, in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Hina in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
Names like Hina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hana Hafsa Hiba Safa Huda Aisha Halima Yusra Khadija Hira Amira Iqra
Names related to Hina
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn 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, “Hina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hina, updated 20 October 2026.