Unisex name · since 2021
Hiraeth
Since 2021, U.S. Social Security records show 25 babies named Hiraeth, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #43,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hiraeth is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 25 have been recorded since 2021.
Hiraeth has 25 recorded births among girls since 2021, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2023.
- #43,134 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 25 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hiraeth ranks #43,134 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #43,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hiraeth's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hiraeth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hiraeth splits its recorded history at 2022: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2023 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hiraeth popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2023
- Peak year (2022)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Hiraeth popularity over time - boys
7 total births recorded since 2021 (Hiraeth as boys' name)
Hiraeth by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (25 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Hiraeth's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Hiraeth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 25 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hiraeth: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~2 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, 2021–2023 (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 Hiraeth 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.