Hayat is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “life.” In 2024 it was given to 50 girls in the United States.
Hayat belongs to the Muslim & Arabic and Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “life” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Hayat first appears in Social Security records in 1980. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2947 in 2023, and in 2024 50 babies received the name — 790 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Hayat means “life” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Hayat is a girl name. In 2024, 50 babies received the name in the US.
Hayat comes from the Muslim & Arabic and Turkish tradition.
Hayat first appears in US records in 1980. Its best-ever ranking was #2947 in 2023, and 50 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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