Hausa Names
Explore names documented in Hausa naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1914. | 1,116#306 | Up 18 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1950. | 407#669 | Down 44 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1943. | 970#315 | Up 15 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1954. | 939#351 | Up 90 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1922. | 486#595 | Up 48 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1970. | 651#470 | Up 274 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1958. | 184#1,147 | Up 153 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1915. | 253#933 | Up 368 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1970. | 102#1,902 | Up 27 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1993. | 41#2,991 | Down 897 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1977. | 36#3,241 | Down 655 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1981. | 16#5,767 | Up 119 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972. | 25#5,119 | Up 225 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2001. | 12#6,803 | Up 3,807 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972. | 5#15,743 | new | 2002 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2005. | 10#9,536 | new | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2016. | 19#6,200 | Up 4,383 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2001. | 7#9,817 | Up 2,413 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1976. | —Unranked | — | 1976 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1987. | —Unranked | — | 1987 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2014. | —Unranked | — | 2014 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2003. | —Unranked | — | 2003 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2017. | —Unranked | — | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Hausa; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2019. | —Unranked | — | 2019 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.