Girls' name · since 1910
Hadassah
9,312 babies named Hadassah in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,762 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #570 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,312
- born since 1910
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hadassah currently ranks #570 among girls' names in America, with 9,312 babies recorded since 1910.
Hadassah has 9,312 recorded births among girls since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #570 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 2025.
- #1,762 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #570 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 9,312 born since 1910
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hadassah ranks #1,762 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #570 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 9,312 born since 1910, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,762 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #570 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,312
- born since 1910
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hadassah's 9,312 recorded births place it above 97.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Hadassah compares
9,312 Top 10% higher than 90% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hadassah's all-time total is 25x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hadassah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,312 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 577 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hadassah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hadassah splits its recorded history at 1987: 96% of all births land in the more recent half, 4% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1910 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 577 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hadassah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 577
- Annual births at peak, across 116 years of records
Hadassah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (3,817 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Hadassah's strongest decade.
3,817 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Hadassah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 22
1910s
22 births
- 1920s 23
1920s
23 births
- 1930s 18
1930s
18 births
- 1940s 13
1940s
13 births
- 1950s 38
1950s
38 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s 119
1970s
119 births
- 1980s 233
1980s
233 births
- 1990s 493
1990s
493 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,592 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,817 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,928 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 3,817 births (41% of all-time use).
How Hadassah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Hadassah's total volume
Hadassah by state
Where Hadassah concentrates geographically, total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,111 | 11.9% |
| #2 | Florida | | 718 | 7.7% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 718 | 7.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 662 | 7.1% |
| #5 | California | | 574 | 6.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 350 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 265 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 233 | 2.5% |
1,111 of 9,312 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Hadassah appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Hadassah's data
- Hadassah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (3,817 total births) through the 2020s (2,928) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Hadassahs (1,111 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hadassah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~115 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1910–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hadassah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.