Girls' name · since 1977
Hanah
2,057 babies named Hanah in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,627 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,021 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,057
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
2,057 babies have been named Hanah since 1977, making it today's #9021 girls' name.
Hanah has 2,057 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9021 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #4,627 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,021 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,057 born since 1977
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hanah ranks #4,627 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,021 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,057 born since 1977, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,627 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,021 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,057
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Hanah's 2,057 recorded births place it above 93.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Hanah compares
2,057 Top 22% higher than 78% 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
Hanah's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hanah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,057 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 118 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hanah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hanah splits its recorded history at 2002: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 118 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hanah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 118
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Hanah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (838 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Hanah's strongest decade.
838 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Hanah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 175
1980s
175 births
- 1990s
1990s
726 births
- 2000s
2000s
838 births
- 2010s 244
2010s
244 births
- 2020s 69
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 838 births (41% of all-time use).
How Hanah 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 Hanah's total volume
Hanah by state
Where Hanah concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 185 | 9.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 144 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 38 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 35 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 35 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Florida | | 31 | 1.5% |
| #7 | New York | | 31 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 18 | 0.9% |
185 of 2,057 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Hanah appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Hanah's data
- Hanah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (838 total births); usage has since declined to 69 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Hanahs (185 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.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hanah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Hanah 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.