Given name & surname · also Japanese
Haya
“life”
Haya is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “life.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Haya is a feminine form of Hyam.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Haya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,680
- 0 boys · 1,680 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 110 babies
- 2025
- 101
- #1,916 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +31%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 101 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,916 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 31.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (26). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,567 as a first name in 2020; 192 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.
Haya’s family of names
Haya is a feminine form of Hyam. Haya has a related form in Hava. Haya is a form of Havva.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Haya
- Princess Haya bint HusseinJordanian Royalborn 1974
- Haya Rashed Al-KhalifaBahrani lawyer and diplomatborn 1952
- Haya ShalomIsraeli feminist and human rights activistborn 1944
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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