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Haya

girl name
Origin
Arabic
Syllables
2
Peak era
2010s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

modesty, life; famously borne by Princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan, equestrian and former Sheikha of Dubai

The story

Haya is an Arabic name that carries two lovely senses at once, modesty and life, and its best-known bearer is Princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan, daughter of the late King Hussein and Queen Alia. She made her own name first as an athlete: an accomplished show jumper, she rode for Jordan at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and later led the international equestrian federation. Her 2004 marriage to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, made her one of the Gulf's most visible royal women, and her dramatic departure from Dubai in 2019, followed by a landmark London court case, kept her in headlines worldwide. The name itself has stayed quiet in America, present only faintly and only recently in the records, a short, soft, meaningful choice that most neighbors will never have met before.

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How popular is Haya around the world?

In the United States, 589 babies were named Haya between 2020 and 2025. In England and Wales, 95 girls named Haya were born in 2025, the 426th most common name among girls that year.

Haya is on the official records of the United States, England and Wales, Austria, Canada, France, South Australia, Spain and Brazil.

United States

1 in 37,000

In the United States, 589 babies were named Haya between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2010s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Haya peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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England and Wales

1 in 6,200

In England and Wales, 95 girls named Haya were born in 2025, the 426th most common name among girls that year.

1996peak 2025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Austria

1 in 6,300

In Austria, 12 girls named Haya were born in 2025, the 408th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

2000peak 2025

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Canada

1 in 10,000

In Canada, 35 girls named Haya were born in 2024, the 823rd most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 2019

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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France

1 in 16,000

In France, about 40 girls named Haya were born in 2025, the 945th most common name among girls that year.

1920peak 2025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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South Australia

1 in 18,000 · 2017

In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Haya in 2017.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Spain

1 in 360,000

In Spain, 123 residents are named Haya, ranked 6,580th among women, with a mean age of 15 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Brazil

At the 2022 census, 73 people in Brazil were named Haya, ranked 51,391st, with a median age of 10.
Among people named Haya living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

peak 2010s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Ireland

last on record 2024

Haya is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Montevideo City

last on record 1964

Haya is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Poland

last on record 2019

Haya is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Scotland

last on record 2022

Haya is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Not on the record in Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico and New Zealand: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Haya

Most people given the name Haya in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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