Girls' name · since 2012
Hidayah
Since 2012, U.S. Social Security records show 156 babies named Hidayah, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,355 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,387 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 156
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
156 babies have been named Hidayah since 2012, making it today's #5387 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hidayah has been recorded 156 times among girls since 2012, currently ranked #5387 nationally and more common than 69% 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 2012 to 2025.
- #22,355 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,387 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 156 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hidayah ranks #22,355 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,387 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 156 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,355 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,387 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 156
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hidayah's 156 recorded births place it above 69.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Hidayah compares
156 32nd 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
Hidayah's all-time total is 59% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hidayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 156 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hidayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hidayah's full recorded timeline at 2019, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hidayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Hidayah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (93 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Hidayah's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Hidayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s
2020s
93 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 93 births (60% of all-time use).
Hidayah by state
Where Hidayah concentrates geographically, total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.2% |
5 of 156 births nationwide.
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What to do with Hidayah's data
- California records the most Hidayahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Hidayah: 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 (~13 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, 2012–2025 (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 Hidayah 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.