Girls' name · since 1912
Hana
13,007 babies named Hana in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #657 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,007
- born since 1912
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hana is the #657 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 13,007 recorded since 1912.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hana has been recorded 13,007 times among girls since 1912, currently ranked #657 nationally and more common than 96% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #1,418 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #657 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13,007 born since 1912
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hana ranks #1,418 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #657 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13,007 born since 1912, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #657 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,007
- born since 1912
- 2000s
- peak decade
Hana's 13,007 recorded births place it above 98.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
37 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Hana compares
13,007 Top 8% higher than 92% 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
Hana's all-time total is 35x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13,007 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 436 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hana's full recorded timeline at 1991, 89% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 11% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1912, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 436 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hana popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 436
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Hana popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 1990 (Hana as boys' name)
Hana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (3,829 births, 29% of the file).
2000s was Hana's strongest decade.
3,829 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Hana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 34
1910s
34 births
- 1920s 16
1920s
16 births
- 1960s 36
1960s
36 births
- 1970s 239
1970s
239 births
- 1980s 922
1980s
922 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,235 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,829 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,367 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,329 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 3,829 births (29% of all-time use).
How Hana 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 Hana's total volume
Hana by state
Where Hana concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,615 | 20.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,248 | 9.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 875 | 6.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 601 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Washington | | 507 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 495 | 3.8% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 427 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 420 | 3.2% |
2,615 of 13,007 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 37 reporting states.
Hana appears in 37 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Hana's data
- Hana's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (3,829 total births) through the 2020s (2,329) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Hanas (2,615 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Hana
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Hana
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~113 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, 1912–2025 (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 Hana 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.