Ha
Ha is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
- Vietnamese
Meaning & Origin of Ha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ha is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Vietnamese
The Story of Ha
As a girl name
Ha first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1976, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1984: 29 births, good for #2,991 nationwide. About 50% of every Ha on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Ha last appeared in the published SSA data in 2013, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 422 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Ha on the record books as a boy name in 1976, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1981, when 9 Has were born — ranking #4,153 that year. About 78% of every Ha on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Ha last appeared in the published SSA data in 1996, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 73 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Ha
Ha is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 422 births in the dataset. Ha's peak popularity came in 1984 when it ranked #2,991. Use the chart and map above to compare Ha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.