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Hinata
Hinata (ひなた) is a Japanese name for boys and girls. Its best-known spelling is 陽太, 陽 sun + 太 big. It is popular today and has reached No. 2 in 2023.
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Ways to write Hinata
The same sound can be written with different kanji, and each choice changes the meaning. These are the spellings that have appeared in Japan's yearly baby name rankings, most popular first.
陽太
陽sun, sunshine太big, bold
Boy, best No. 3 (2004–2025)陽向
陽sun, sunshine向to face, toward
Boy, best No. 3 (2004–2025)ひなたGirl, best No. 4 (2004–2024)
暖
暖warm
Boy, best No. 2 (2006–2025)太陽
太big, bold陽sun, sunshine
Boy, best No. 6 (2003–2025)暖
暖warm
Girl, best No. 18 (2014)陽咲
陽sun, sunshine咲to bloom
Girl, best No. 23 (2012–2024)陽向
陽sun, sunshine向to face, toward
Girl, best No. 38 (2004–2022)陽奏
陽sun, sunshine奏to play music
Boy, best No. 50 (2023–2025)陽
陽sun, sunshine
Girl, best No. 68 (2019–2024)日向
日sun, day向to face, toward
Boy, best No. 83 (2007)春陽
春spring陽sun, sunshine
Boy, best No. 92 (2021)Rarer spellings
These spellings of Hinata appear in Japanese name records but are uncommon. Each uses a standard reading of its kanji.
雛多chick + manyGirl
灯成多lamp + to become + manyGirl
日向太sun + to face + bigGirl
日向汰sun + to face + to siftBoy
日向大sun + to face + bigGirl
日菜多sun + greens + manyGirl
日菜太sun + greens + bigGirl
日奈多sun + (used for its sound + manyGirl
Popularity in Japan
Where Hinata has ranked among the most popular name readings each year. Its best year was 2023, at No. 2.
Show the numbers
| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No. 39 | No. 5 |
| 2024 | No. 42 | No. 5 |
| 2023 | No. 24 | No. 13 |
| 2022 | No. 13 | No. 11 |
| 2021 | No. 20 | No. 9 |
| 2020 | No. 25 | No. 12 |
| 2019 | No. 17 | No. 21 |
| 2018 | No. 30 | No. 9 |
| 2017 | No. 25 | No. 9 |
| 2016 | No. 27 | No. 12 |
| 2015 | No. 16 | No. 9 |
| 2014 | No. 18 | No. 10 |
| 2013 | No. 14 | No. 13 |
| 2012 | No. 5 | No. 28 |
| 2011 | No. 29 | No. 20 |
| 2010 | No. 36 | No. 22 |
| 2009 | No. 22 | No. 14 |
| 2008 | No. 23 | No. 11 |
| 2007 | No. 21 | No. 36 |
| 2006 | No. 45 | No. 33 |
| 2005 | No. 34 | – |
| 2004 | No. 29 | No. 29 |
Source: Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance yearly baby name survey. It covers the top 10 names each year from 1912 to 2003, and the top 100 names and top 50 readings from 2004.
Famous people named Hinata
Hinata Kida 喜田 陽Japanese association football player
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this given name.