Hadiya
Feminine · “a gift”
Hadiya has two Arabic roots behind it and both are good ones: a gift, and a guide. The words are close in sound and separate in sense, and the name has been given for both reasons for centuries, from the Gulf to West Africa.
How old is the name Hadiya?
Hadiya first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Hadiya alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 1,000 people named Hadiya are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Hadiya most popular?
Hadiya peaked in 2000, reaching #3169 nationally. Today it ranks #4878, 1,709 places below that high. See the whole 2000 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Hadiya
Arabic builds names out of ordinary words, and the root h-d-y is one of the most used: it gives the word for guidance, the word for a gift, and a family of names built on both. Hadiya has been given across the Arab world since early Islamic times, and it traveled with Arabic into Persian, Urdu, Swahili and Hausa. It entered American records with Arab and South Asian families and, separately, in the nineteen-sixties and seventies with Black American families choosing Arabic names.
Meaningscholars disagree
a gift, or one who guides
Arabic hadiyya means a gift or present. Hadiya, from the same three consonants but a different pattern, means one who guides or leads rightly, and is related to hidaya, guidance, a central word in Islamic vocabulary. English transliteration does not distinguish them, and families use both readings.
Pronouncing Hadiya
hah-DEE-yah
Three syllables, stress in the middle, all vowels open. English speakers manage it with very little adjustment.
Nicknames for Hadiya
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1976
- Most girls named
- 201849 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3169reached in 2000
- Change vs 2024
- −35.7%27 in 2025, from 42
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Hadiya in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- هدية in Arabic — transliteration
- Hediye in Turkish — same name
- Hadiya in Urdu — same name
- Hadiya in Swahili — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Texas.
Hadiyas among us
people named Hadiya are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 59,528 born in 2025 was named Hadiya
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Hadiya
- #4878
- Hadiya on the 2025 chart
- #883
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Hadiya went to 27 girls in 2025, but Hadia, Hadiyah and Hadya are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 77, which makes it the 883rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,995 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 20,874 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 59,528 for Hadiya itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Cammi test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Hadiya's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Cammi climbed just as high around 1968, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Cammi's path sketches the road Hadiya is walking now.
Hadiya sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Hadiya is headed
Hadiya should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Hadiya beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Hadiya in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Both of its possible meanings are warm and easy to state in one word.
- It offers short forms that are complete names in Arabic themselves.
- It is used across the whole Muslim world and in Black American families alike.
- Its two roots give two meanings, so the name is explained differently by different people.
- Hadiya, Hadiyah and Hadiyya are all used in transliteration.
- English speakers may stress the first syllable, which changes the rhythm.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Hadiya to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Hadiya? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Hadiya
Feminine · #4878 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Hadiyas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Hadiya are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Hadiya?
- Hadiya is one of 4 recorded spellings. Hadia is the more common one — 34 births in 2025 against 27 for Hadiya.
- How popular is the name Hadiya in 2025?
- Hadiya ranks #4878 among US girl names in 2025, with 27 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Hadiya?
- About 1 in every 59,528 US girls born in 2025 was named Hadiya — 27 in all.
- Will my child share the name Hadiya with classmates?
- Hadiya will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Hadiya
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Maribelle#4878 · Evangelia#4878 · Pari#4878 · Zoraya#4878 · Saba#4878 · Chyna#4878 · Odyssey#4878 · Zana#4878
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Hadiya? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Hadiya and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle