Hayat

“Life” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #2833 in the US (2025) · Trending

Hayat is climbing: on the charts since 1980, it reached #2833 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 60 girls given the name last year. Roughly 850 have carried it all-time. In Minnesota it runs about 7× its national rate.

Around the world: about 1 in 5,900 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 6,800 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 7,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Hayats

Hayat Sindi — Saudi medical researcher and inventor
Hayat Mirshad — Lebanese activist
Hayat Al-Fahad — Kuwaiti actress, broadcaster, writer and producer (born 1948)
Hayat Lambarki — Moroccan hurdler
Hayat Toubal — Algerian chess player

What Hayats become

Among 68 notable people named Hayat:

Political leaders appear 1.81× more often than among typical names — e.g. Hayat Mirshad, Lebanese activist.

Similar names: Aayat · Zeina · Haya · Esra · Aysel · Azra

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