Hava — #12407 US girls' name
313 babies named Hava in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Hava was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Hava in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hava
The Social Security Administration has registered 313 babies named Hava between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hava currently holds the #12407 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hava performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Hava shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hava in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hava in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 313 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Hava at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hava popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (2022)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #12407 among girls.
313 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 18 births in a single year.
Hava by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 111 births that decade — 35% of Hava's all-time total
Hava decade highlights
- Peak decade 111 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Hava's strongest decade
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Hava by state
Where Hava concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 313 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.