Hanna
Hanna was given to 580 girls in 2025, #512 among girls’ names; 42,137 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 40,000 Americans named Hanna and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 25 years old and half are between 17 and 30.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Hanna by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Hanna mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Hanna is “a female given name from Hebrew, variant of Hannah.” Its etymology gives the sense “grace, gracious, graced with child” (חַנָּה).
Variant spelling of Hannah or romanization of Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ), chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As an Oklahoman town, named for Hanna Bullett, one of the initial settlers. As a Polish village, named for the queen Anna Jagiellon.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Hanna?
#512 among girls’ names, 2025
Hanna rose from #527 in 2015 to #512 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.33 to 0.36 per 1,000.
1,912 babies in 2000, the peak
Hanna peaked in 2000, when 1,912 girls were given it, #171 among girls’ names. The 580 births of 2025 are 30% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 580 | #512 | 0.36 |
| 2024 | 608 | #504 | 0.38 |
| 2023 | 579 | #525 | 0.36 |
| 2022 | 569 | #543 | 0.35 |
| 2021 | 551 | #556 | 0.34 |
| 2020 | 571 | #528 | 0.35 |
| 2019 | 569 | #540 | 0.34 |
| 2018 | 554 | #561 | 0.33 |
| 2017 | 577 | #537 | 0.33 |
| 2016 | 585 | #533 | 0.33 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 597 | #527 | 0.33 |
| 2014 | 648 | #486 | 0.36 |
| 2013 | 818 | #378 | 0.47 |
| 2012 | 916 | #347 | 0.52 |
| 2011 | 666 | #455 | 0.38 |
| 2010 | 579 | #517 | 0.33 |
| 2009 | 717 | #440 | 0.39 |
| 2008 | 892 | #366 | 0.47 |
| 2007 | 1,036 | #322 | 0.54 |
| 2006 | 1,226 | #268 | 0.64 |
| 2005 | 1,343 | #244 | 0.73 |
| 2004 | 1,426 | #230 | 0.78 |
| 2003 | 1,549 | #212 | 0.85 |
| 2002 | 1,653 | #194 | 0.92 |
| 2001 | 1,758 | #186 | 1.0 |
| 2000 | 1,912 | #171 | 1.1 |
| 1999 | 1,878 | #168 | 1.1 |
| 1998 | 1,898 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 1997 | 1,699 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 1996 | 1,422 | #206 | 0.81 |
| 1995 | 1,377 | #210 | 0.78 |
| 1994 | 1,187 | #236 | 0.66 |
| 1993 | 1,005 | #275 | 0.56 |
| 1992 | 948 | #292 | 0.51 |
| 1991 | 886 | #308 | 0.47 |
| 1990 | 778 | #344 | 0.41 |
| 1989 | 662 | #381 | 0.36 |
| 1988 | 414 | #532 | 0.23 |
| 1987 | 376 | #536 | 0.22 |
| 1986 | 281 | #656 | 0.16 |
| 1985 | 241 | #716 | 0.14 |
| 1984 | 253 | #672 | 0.15 |
| 1983 | 246 | #689 | 0.15 |
| 1982 | 146 | #1,011 | 0.09 |
| 1981 | 142 | #1,020 | 0.09 |
| 1980 | 112 | #1,190 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 101 | #1,264 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 96 | #1,278 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 78 | #1,433 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,849 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,920 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 35 | #2,266 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,035 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,769 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,093 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,971 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 22 | #2,867 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,735 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 23 | #2,582 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,627 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,490 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,851 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,646 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,966 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,382 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,675 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 19 | #2,705 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,809 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 22 | #2,437 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,968 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 18 | #2,661 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,817 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,628 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,969 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,271 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,076 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,778 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,364 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 20 | #2,229 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,306 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,650 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,137 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,382 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,932 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,911 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,922 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,829 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,157 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,238 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,316 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,955 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,632 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,994 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,648 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,707 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,972 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,910 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,860 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,971 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,684 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,662 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 34 | #1,418 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,539 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,593 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,947 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 36 | #1,291 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 35 | #1,304 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 42 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 46 | #1,047 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 34 | #1,237 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 42 | #1,030 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 29 | #1,135 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 31 | #967 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 22 | #1,129 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 24 | #884 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 30 | #786 | 0.08 |
| 1909 | 20 | #921 | 0.06 |
| 1908 | 27 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 28 | #716 | 0.09 |
| 1906 | 21 | #807 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,073 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 28 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1903 | 19 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 24 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 15 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 22 | #787 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 30 | #557 | 0.13 |
| 1898 | 34 | #549 | 0.13 |
| 1897 | 30 | #542 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 38 | #471 | 0.16 |
| 1895 | 37 | #483 | 0.16 |
| 1894 | 20 | #672 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 22 | #618 | 0.10 |
| 1892 | 21 | #628 | 0.10 |
| 1891 | 27 | #499 | 0.15 |
| 1890 | 33 | #451 | 0.17 |
| 1889 | 26 | #489 | 0.15 |
| 1888 | 38 | #399 | 0.21 |
| 1887 | 27 | #428 | 0.18 |
| 1886 | 27 | #421 | 0.19 |
| 1885 | 14 | #588 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 21 | #441 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 21 | #416 | 0.19 |
| 1882 | 24 | #365 | 0.22 |
| 1881 | 17 | #409 | 0.18 |
| 1880 | 25 | #321 | 0.27 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Hanna a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Hanna has been given almost only to girls: 132 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Hanna: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Hanna, and how old are they?
40,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 42,137 Americans ever recorded as Hanna. The median Hanna alive today is 25 years old; half are between 17 and 30.
The 2020 Census counted 45,248 people named Hanna (44,406 women and girls, 842 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 36,890 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Hanna rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 88 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 269 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 689 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 10,200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 20,900 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,780 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Hanna born?
The states with the most babies named Hanna are California, Texas and New York, with 39% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 81 | #409 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 77 | #435 | 0.8× |
| New York | 53 | #321 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 36 | #508 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 27 | #411 | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 22 | #364 | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 20 | #394 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 19 | #570 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 18 | #553 | 0.9× |
| Arizona | 14 | #494 | 0.8× |
Where Hanna is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Hanna is most over-represented in Minnesota: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Hanna with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 526,928 babies since 1880, Hanna is the second most given (8.0% of them). In 2025 it was given to 580 of their 5,198 babies (11%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Hanna
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Hanna and names like it
- Compare Hanna and HannahBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sHanna peaked in 2000.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Hanna since 1910.
- The top names of 2000The year the most babies were named Hanna.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Hanna alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with HMost given first.