Hayat

Hayat was the #2,822 girls' name in the US in 2025 (60 babies), and #834 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Hayat as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Hayat as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Hayat as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,822 (60)#834 (43)#1,577 (15)
2024#3,176 (50)#1,198 (28)#1,348 (18)
2023#2,936 (57)#832 (43)#1,369 (17)
2022#3,536 (44)#1,180 (28)#1,550 (14)
2021#3,735 (40)#1,069 (32)#1,592 (14)
2020#3,091 (51)#1,164 (28)#2,163 (9)
2019#3,451 (45)#1,292 (25)#2,374 (8)
2018#4,562 (30)#1,200 (28)#1,567 (14)
2017#3,627 (42)#1,911 (15)#1,506 (15)
2016#4,531 (31)#1,749 (17)—
2015#4,981 (27)#1,549 (20)#1,659 (13)
2014#5,310 (25)#2,659 (9)#2,905 (6)
2013#6,729 (18)#2,062 (13)—
2012#6,110 (21)#1,428 (22)#2,601 (7)
2011#5,728 (23)#2,432 (10)#2,156 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,822.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1980.

How common is it?

about 1 in 27,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 27,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Hayat is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 24,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 30,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Hayat by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #597MNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Hayat (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#93212

Hayat (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HayatCanadaGirls#1,57715
HayatEngland & WalesGirls#83443
HayatEngland & WalesBoys—too few
HayatNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
HayatUSGirls#2,82260