Meaning and history
From Japanese 日向 (hinata), meaning “sunny place,” 陽向 (hinata), meaning “toward the sun,” or as a nonstandard reading of 向日葵 (himawari), meaning “sunflower”; other kanji combinations are also possible. Because these readings are irregular, the name is often written in hiragana.
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: 5 births, rank #17,636
2008: 8 births, rank #12,579
2009: 11 births, rank #9,975
2010: 13 births, rank #8,701
20112011: 22 births, rank #5,935
2012: 7 births, rank #13,483
2013: 10 births, rank #10,235
2014: 17 births, rank #6,987
2015: 22 births, rank #5,833
20162016: 23 births, rank #5,622
2017: 35 births, rank #4,147
2018: 21 births, rank #5,785
2019: 23 births, rank #5,449
2020: 41 births, rank #3,607
20212021: 43 births, rank #3,553
2022: 38 births, rank #3,893
2023: 49 births, rank #3,274
2024: 31 births, rank #4,473
20252025: 24 births, rank #5,238
In 2025, 24 babies were recorded with the name Hinata, ranking #5,238 among girls.