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Hania

Feminine · “happy”

1994high 2024
#2214 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare83 girls in 2025

Hania is happiness in Arabic and a Polish form of Hannah — grace, in Hebrew — two names reaching the same spelling.

How old is the name Hania?

Hania first appears in US birth records in 1994 — 31 years ago. The typical Hania is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Hania are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Hania most popular?

Hania peaked in 2025, reaching #2214 nationally. Today it ranks #2214, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Hania

Arabic hani' means pleasant or agreeable, and the greeting hani'an is said over food and good fortune alike. Separately, Polish makes Hania the everyday form of Hanna, itself from the Hebrew for grace. Both routes reach American records, where the name is in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

happy, pleasant; grace

Two genuine sources. The Arabic haniyya, 'happy' or 'pleasant', from a root meaning to be agreeable. And the Polish Hania, a diminutive of Hanna, from the Hebrew channah, 'grace'. Both are in use and neither is dominant in America.

How the name formed

  1. haniyya
  2. Hania

Related forms: هنية · Hania · Haniya

Pronouncing Hania

HAH-nee-ah

Three syllables, stress on the first. Polish Hania is HAH-nyah with two.

Nicknames for Hania

Moderate

HanaA related form, and a name in its own right in several languages
NiaThe back of the name, and a name of its own in Welsh and Swahili
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1994–202584420848319942025

US babies named Hania per year from 1994 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#22141990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1994
Most girls named
202484 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2214reached in 2025
Change vs 2024
−1.2%83 in 2025, from 84
Hania sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2024, with 84 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Hania in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • هنية in Arabic — transliteration
  • Hania in Polish — same name
  • Haniya in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Texas, California.

Hanias among us

1,000

people named Hania are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 19,365 born in 2025 was named Hania

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Hania

#2214
Hania on the 2025 chart
#760
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Hania went to 83 girls in 2025, but Haniya, Hannia and Haniyah and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 200, which makes it the 760th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,454 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 8,036 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 19,365 for Hania 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

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Is it right for you

The Karene test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Hania's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Karene climbed just as high around 1942, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Karene's path sketches the road Hania is walking now.

40%chance Hania will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Hania, aligned on its peakKarene· peak 1942not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+50 yrsKarene · #11348Hania today
Hania today is about where Karene stood in 1942 — in its own peak year. By 1957, Karene had settled around #3928.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Hania 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 Hania is headed

19942030

US babies named Hania per year, 1994 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Hania looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 19% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.

Rising+19% by 2030projected around #2,043 in 2030

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.

Hania beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Hania in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Haniathis name83#2214Perry83#2214Nava83#2214Bea83#2214Lyana83#2214

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Both source meanings — happiness and grace — are warm and transparent.
  • Hana and Nia are two short forms, both real names elsewhere.
  • Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
What to consider
  • The two origins are entirely unrelated.
  • Hania and Hanna are close enough to confuse.
  • Polish and Arabic pronounce it differently.

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Frequently asked

How many Hanias 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 Hania are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Hania?
Hania is the most-used spelling in US records — 83 of the 200 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Haniya, Hannia, Haniyah and Hanya.
How popular is the name Hania in 2025?
Hania ranks #2214 among US girl names in 2025, with 83 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Hania?
About 1 in every 19,365 US girls born in 2025 was named Hania — 83 in all.
Will my child share the name Hania with classmates?
Hania will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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