Given name & surname
Hada
“from the salty place”
Hada is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “from the salty place.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “from the salty place.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hada through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33
- 0 boys · 33 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,362 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,362 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 322 as a first name in 2020; 605 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hada’s family of names
Hada has a related form in Hadah. Hada has a related form in Hadda. Hada has a related form in Haddah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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