Hodaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ho-dah-YAH
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Hodaya is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “thanksgiving, gratitude to God”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Hodaya mean?
Hebrew: modern Israeli name from a Hebrew word
“thanksgiving, gratitude to God”
From the Hebrew word for thanksgiving; the Hodayot, or Thanksgiving Hymns, are among the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Is Hodaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Hodaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hodaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Hodaya, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Hodaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hodaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Hodaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah Zamira Hadassa Alaya Zaya Zaniyah Aaliyah Raya Salem Safa Kaliyah Zahara
Names related to Hodaya
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Hodaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hodaya, updated 20 October 2026.