Huda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HOO-da
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #420 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,733 for girls
Huda is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “guidance”. In 2025 it ranked 420th for girls in the UK (109 babies) and 1,733rd for girls in the US (117 babies).
What does Huda mean?
Arabic
“guidance”
A common Quranic word; the Quran describes itself as huda, guidance for the God-conscious.
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Is Huda a girl's or a boy's name?
Huda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 109 girls in the UK and 117 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Huda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #420among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 109about 1 in 2,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 109 girls in the UK were named Huda, making it the 420th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 910th.
2025 had the most girls named Huda of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Huda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 396th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Huda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 109 | #420 |
| 2024 | 80 | #542 |
| 2023 | 51 | #768 |
| 2022 | 56 | #716 |
| 2021 | 54 | #756 |
| 2020 | 42 | #910 |
| 2019 | 70 | #621 |
| 2018 | 65 | #679 |
| 2017 | 46 | #897 |
| 2016 | 46 | #881 |
| 2015 | 44 | #900 |
| 2014 | 50 | #837 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 50 | #831 |
| 2011 | 48 | #826 |
| 2010 | 47 | #831 |
| 2009 | 60 | #674 |
| 2008 | 68 | #611 |
| 2007 | 44 | #799 |
| 2006 | 37 | #868 |
| 2005 | 43 | #759 |
| 2004 | 29 | #967 |
| 2003 | 35 | #823 |
| 2002 | 31 | #854 |
| 2001 | 31 | #832 |
| 2000 | 26 | #925 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Huda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,733among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 117about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 117 girls in the US were named Huda, making it the 1,733rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,196th. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had the most girls named Huda of any year since it first appeared, in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Huda in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Huda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | #1,733 |
| 2024 | 81 | #2,282 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,517 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,490 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,929 |
| 2020 | 82 | #2,196 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,593 |
| 2018 | 88 | #2,145 |
| 2017 | 79 | #2,320 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,667 |
| 2015 | 66 | #2,685 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,841 |
| 2013 | 51 | #3,165 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,658 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,965 |
| 2008 | 63 | #2,831 |
| 2007 | 52 | #3,247 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,738 |
| 2003 | 65 | #2,494 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,850 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,920 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,266 |
| 1999 | 49 | #2,779 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,645 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Huda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Zainab Rahma Halima Aaliyah Ayah Amira Khadija Abeeha Safiya
Names related to Huda
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, “Huda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/huda, updated 20 October 2026.