Unisex name · since 2006
Hananiah
107 babies named Hananiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,373 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,205 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 107
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
107 babies have been named Hananiah since 2006, making it today's #14205 unisex name.
Hananiah has 107 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14205 as of the latest data, more common than 18% 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 2006 to 2025.
- #26,373 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,205 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 107 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hananiah ranks #26,373 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,205 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 107 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,373 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,205 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 107
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hananiah's 107 recorded births place it above 63.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hananiah compares
107 26th percentile among 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
Hananiah's all-time total is 72% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hananiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 107 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hananiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hananiah's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hananiah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #14205 among girls.
107 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 11 births in a single year.
Hananiah popularity over time - boys
82 total births recorded since 2000 (Hananiah as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Hananiah accounts for 43% of total recorded use across both genders.
Hananiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (51 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Hananiah's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Hananiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 51 births (48% of all-time use).
Hananiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Hananiah's data
- Hananiah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (51 total births) through the 2020s (45) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hananiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Hananiah 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.
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