Girls' name · since 1980
Hayat
850 babies named Hayat in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,409 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,845 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 850
- born since 1980
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hayat currently ranks #2845 among girls' names in America, with 850 babies recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hayat has been recorded 850 times among girls since 1980, currently ranked #2845 nationally and more common than 84% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #8,409 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,845 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 850 born since 1980
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hayat ranks #8,409 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,845 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 850 born since 1980, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,409 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,845 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 850
- born since 1980
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hayat's 850 recorded births place it above 88.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Minnesota.
How Hayat compares
850 Top 35% higher than 65% of 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
Hayat's all-time total is 126% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hayat | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 850 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 60 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hayat's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hayat's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 77% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 23%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 60, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hayat popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 60
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Hayat by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (302 births, 36% of the file).
2020s was Hayat's strongest decade.
302 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Hayat births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s 82
1990s
82 births
- 2000s
2000s
163 births
- 2010s
2010s
281 births
- 2020s
2020s
302 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 302 births (36% of all-time use).
How Hayat compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Hayat's total volume
Hayat by state
Where Hayat concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 69 | 8.1% |
| #2 | California | | 27 | 3.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 26 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 7 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 7 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Texas | | 5 | 0.6% |
69 of 850 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Minnesota records the most Hayats (69 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Minnesota 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 Hayat: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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 Hayat 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.