# Huda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/huda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “guidance” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhʊdə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Houda, Hoda |
| US babies named this | 2,021 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,021 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,287, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هُدًى (hudan, “guidance”)

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 3,686 |
| 2012 | 43 | 3,669 |
| 2013 | 51 | 3,196 |
| 2014 | 60 | 2,859 |
| 2015 | 66 | 2,694 |
| 2016 | 65 | 2,676 |
| 2017 | 79 | 2,330 |
| 2018 | 88 | 2,153 |
| 2019 | 67 | 2,612 |
| 2020 | 82 | 2,205 |
| 2021 | 57 | 2,938 |
| 2022 | 72 | 2,495 |
| 2023 | 70 | 2,530 |
| 2024 | 81 | 2,289 |
| 2025 | 117 | 1,739 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 46 | 804 |
| 2012 | 49 | 789 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,253 |
| 2014 | 48 | 802 |
| 2015 | 40 | 909 |
| 2016 | 46 | 822 |
| 2017 | 43 | 889 |
| 2018 | 59 | 680 |
| 2019 | 66 | 601 |
| 2020 | 42 | 853 |
| 2021 | 52 | 720 |
| 2022 | 56 | 671 |
| 2023 | 48 | 742 |
| 2024 | 74 | 526 |
| 2025 | 105 | 396 |

## People named Huda

- Huda Sha'rawi, Egyptian feminist and nationalist (1879–1947)
- Huda Kathan, CEO of Huda Beauty
- Huda Sultan, Egyptian actress
- Hoda Barakat, contemporary Lebanese and French novelist
- Houda-Imane Faraoun, Algerian physicist
- Houda Nonoo, Bahraini diplomat
- Houda Darwish, Algerian writer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.