Fun Facts About the Name Hinda
- More than 1 thousand babies named Hinda: U.S. records list 1,636 babies given the name Hinda from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Hinda Mean?
Hinda is chiefly a Yiddish feminine name meaning "hind" - the female of the deer. It comes from Middle High German hinde, the same word that gives English hind, and it appears in Yiddish as הינדע (usually spelled Hinde), with Hinda as a common variant spelling. In Ashkenazi use the name was often paired with the Hebrew Ayelet, which also means "doe" or "hind."
Hinda is also used in South Asian Muslim communities as a form of the Arabic name Hind. Hind is a separate name with a different history, and its derivation is not settled; it is sometimes connected with Arabic al-Hind ("India"), though the two words share spelling rather than a securely established root. It should not be treated as a variant of the Yiddish name.
Hinda Name History & Origins
The Yiddish name Hinde, and its spelling Hinda, descends from Middle High German hinde, a word for a female deer that has been recorded in German since the medieval period and is related to Old English hind. Ashkenazi Jews used it as a women's name in German-speaking lands and later throughout Eastern Europe, where Yiddish was the everyday language. Because deer imagery runs through Hebrew poetry - the opening line of Psalm 22 addresses God and mentions the "ayyelet ha-shachar," commonly rendered "hind of the dawn" - the name was frequently linked with the Hebrew Ayelet, and the two were often used together for the same woman.
Hinda is also found among Arabic-speaking and South Asian Muslim families as a form of Hind. The best-known early bearer is Hind bint Utbah, a woman of Mecca during the lifetime of Muhammad and the mother of the caliph Muawiyah I. Through Arabic and Persian usage the name passed into Urdu and related languages. Today it is used by Jewish families of Yiddish-speaking background, including in Israel, and by Muslim families in Pakistan, India, and elsewhere.
How Popular is the Name Hinda?
Hinda has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #2,115 in 1946.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,553 | 69 | 0.0043% |
| 2024 | #2,511 | 71 | 0.0044% |
| 2023 | #2,385 | 76 | 0.0047% |
| 2022 | #3,385 | 47 | 0.0029% |
| 2021 | #3,308 | 48 | 0.0029% |
| 2020 | #3,111 | 51 | 0.0032% |
| 2019 | #2,939 | 56 | 0.0033% |
| 2018 | #3,634 | 42 | 0.0025% |
| 2017 | #3,801 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2016 | #4,290 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2015 | #3,269 | 50 | 0.0028% |
| 2014 | #3,871 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2013 | #4,942 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2012 | #4,762 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2011 | #6,420 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #5,017 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2009 | #4,990 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2008 | #7,878 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #5,005 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2006 | #4,100 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 2005 | #4,520 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2004 | #5,265 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2003 | #5,483 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2002 | #4,110 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2001 | #5,071 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2000 | #6,602 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1999 | #5,509 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1998 | #6,842 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #5,090 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1996 | #4,787 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1995 | #6,786 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1994 | #6,106 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1993 | #8,279 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #7,704 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #5,502 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1990 | #4,750 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1989 | #5,937 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1988 | #7,327 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1987 | #8,262 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #8,001 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1984 | #6,037 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1983 | #7,540 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #5,028 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1981 | #6,495 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #5,067 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1979 | #9,392 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1978 | #6,098 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #5,631 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1976 | #7,575 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #5,492 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1973 | #8,890 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #7,389 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #5,625 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #6,064 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #7,149 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #6,938 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #5,950 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #4,658 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1957 | #5,669 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #5,534 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #6,192 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #4,416 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1953 | #6,013 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #3,275 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1950 | #2,481 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1949 | #2,905 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1948 | #3,705 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1947 | #3,551 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1946 | #2,115 | 20 | 0.0013% |
| 1945 | #2,997 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1944 | #4,247 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1943 | #2,928 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1942 | #2,249 | 16 | 0.0012% |
| 1941 | #2,218 | 15 | 0.0012% |
| 1940 | #2,479 | 12 | 0.0010% |
| 1939 | #2,483 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1938 | #2,808 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1937 | #2,241 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1936 | #4,477 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1935 | #3,556 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1934 | #3,601 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1930 | #3,480 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1929 | #4,887 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1928 | #4,408 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1927 | #3,157 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1926 | #4,051 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1925 | #5,325 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1921 | #4,208 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1916 | #4,737 | 5 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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