Hend

Girls' name

Alternate transcription of Hind

Hend has been given to 68 babies in the U.S. since 1984. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1999, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Hend, 2018

1 in 502,000

Hend over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hend: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Hind

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hend means

Hend is a alternate transcription of Hind.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Hend is used in Arabic.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈhind/ for Hend.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Hend → Hind. The family’s proposed meaning is “group of camels”, recorded in the naming reference for Hind.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Hind.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 68 girls were recorded with the name Hend between 1984 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1999; its best national rank was #9,038 in 1999.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Hend?

Hend had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018: 1 in 502,000; 7 of 3,516,853 births
Among girls only: 1 in 243,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2018: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 348,244 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Hend sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2018 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 348,244 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hend. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hends were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hend was born before 1999 — so the typical Hend is around 26 today.

Median birth year: 1999; About 26 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 47.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 73.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 68; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 47.1% of all recorded uses (32).

Is Hend rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1999 (10)
Years since peak: 26; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 15.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,038; 1999

Spellings of Hend

Hend is not the most common spelling — Wendy is, with 32.4% against Hend's <0.01%.

Wendy32.4%262,325
Heidi18.4%149,326
Lena18.1%146,479
Rena4.8%39,124
Dena4.0%32,479
Rene2.7%21,839
Wendi1.8%14,522
Jena1.6%13,241

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Hend around the world

Where Hend ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2005–2008
#5,545
in 2008
France
1979–2002
#3,834
in 2002
South Australia
2002–2002
#730
in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Hend by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,038; 1999
Peak year: 1999; 10 that year
First recorded: 1984
Last recorded: 2018
All-time count: 68
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Hend

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Hena Hendel Hendy Henli Henly Henchy Henya Henlie Henrie Brend Henny Henlee Henslee Henza Henrine Hennesy Henna Henzley Hendryx Hennie Henslie Henri Henzlee Hennah

Sibling names for Hend

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Tatianna Caleigh Chyna Kaylah Calista Destini Carson Kayley

For a brother

Jaren Marshal Maximillian Reyes Stone Devyn Garrison Tyrese

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