Huda
Huda is a female name in Arabic, sometimes spelled as Houda or Hoda which means "right guidance". Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Huda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Huda is a female name in Arabic, sometimes spelled as Houda or Hoda which means "right guidance". Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Huda
Huda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1977, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 88 Hudas were born — ranking #2,145 that year. As of 2026, Huda ranks #2,347 for baby girls with 78 births, holding steady (+1%). In total, more than 2K Hudas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Huda
Huda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Huda's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #2,145. Use the chart and map above to compare Huda'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 .
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