Girls' name · since 1980
Hanifa
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 293 babies named Hanifa, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,103 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,185 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 293
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hanifa is the #6185 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 293 recorded since 1980.
Hanifa has 293 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6185 as of the latest data, more common than 64% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #16,103 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,185 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 293 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hanifa ranks #16,103 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,185 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 293 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,103 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,185 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 293
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hanifa's 293 recorded births place it above 77.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Hanifa compares
293 45th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hanifa's all-time total is 22% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hanifa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 293 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hanifa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hanifa splits its recorded history at 2014: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hanifa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Hanifa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (122 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Hanifa's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Hanifa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 36
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
122 births
- 2020s
2020s
119 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 122 births (42% of all-time use).
Hanifa by state
Where Hanifa concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 13 | 4.4% |
13 of 293 births nationwide.
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What to do with Hanifa's data
- Hanifa's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (122 total births) through the 2020s (119) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Hanifas (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hanifa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hanifa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.