Hannah
Hannah was given to 3,973 girls in 2025, #56 among girls’ names; 466,406 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 441,000 Americans named Hannah and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 25 years old and half are between 19 and 31.
Hannah is the #48 most common first name among living American women and girls, by this estimate.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Hannah by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Hannah mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Hannah is “a female given name from Hebrew.” Its etymology gives the sense “grace, gracious, graced with child” (חַנָּה).
From previous romanizations of Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ), chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As a Wren with the Royal Marines, after Hannah Snell (1723–1792) who disguised herself as a man to serve in the British military. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Anna, and Ana.
/ˈhænə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Hannah?
#56 among girls’ names, 2025
Hannah fell from #28 in 2015 to #56 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 3.6 to 2.5 per 1,000.
23,112 babies in 2000, the peak
Hannah peaked in 2000, when 23,112 babies were given it (23,087 girls, #2 among girls’ names). The 3,973 births of 2025 are 17% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,973 | #56 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 4,078 | #52 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | 4,127 | #48 | 2.6 |
| 2022 | 4,490 | #47 | 2.7 |
| 2021 | 4,590 | #44 | 2.8 |
| 2020 | 4,972 | #39 | 3.1 |
| 2019 | 5,644 | #32 | 3.4 |
| 2018 | 5,680 | #33 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 5,934 | #32 | 3.4 |
| 2016 | 6,038 | #33 | 3.4 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6,434 | #28 | 3.6 |
| 2014 | 6,593 | #28 | 3.7 |
| 2013 | 7,307 | #23 | 4.2 |
| 2012 | 7,293 | #22 | 4.1 |
| 2011 | 6,584 | #25 | 3.7 |
| 2010 | 6,999 | #20 | 3.9 |
| 2009 | 7,584 | #23 | 4.1 |
| 2008 | 9,577 | #17 | 5.1 |
| 2007 | 13,323 | #9 | 6.9 |
| 2006 | 14,556 | #8 | 7.7 |
| 2005 | 14,854 | #7 | 8.0 |
| 2004 | 15,614 | #5 | 8.5 |
| 2003 | 17,638 | #4 | 9.7 |
| 2002 | 18,828 | #3 | 10.5 |
| 2001 | 20,723 | #3 | 11.5 |
| 2000 | 23,087 | #2 | 12.7 |
| 1999 | 21,679 | #2 | 12.2 |
| 1998 | 21,376 | #2 | 12.1 |
| 1997 | 20,597 | #5 | 11.8 |
| 1996 | 18,596 | #7 | 10.6 |
| 1995 | 17,018 | #7 | 9.7 |
| 1994 | 14,494 | #16 | 8.1 |
| 1993 | 12,510 | #21 | 6.9 |
| 1992 | 11,496 | #26 | 6.2 |
| 1991 | 10,769 | #29 | 5.7 |
| 1990 | 10,283 | #30 | 5.4 |
| 1989 | 7,830 | #42 | 4.2 |
| 1988 | 5,562 | #61 | 3.1 |
| 1987 | 4,594 | #66 | 2.6 |
| 1986 | 3,388 | #82 | 2.0 |
| 1985 | 2,449 | #117 | 1.4 |
| 1984 | 2,265 | #126 | 1.3 |
| 1983 | 2,398 | #124 | 1.4 |
| 1982 | 1,581 | #175 | 0.93 |
| 1981 | 1,414 | #190 | 0.85 |
| 1980 | 1,221 | #213 | 0.74 |
| 1979 | 970 | #253 | 0.60 |
| 1978 | 735 | #312 | 0.48 |
| 1977 | 632 | #348 | 0.41 |
| 1976 | 536 | #384 | 0.37 |
| 1975 | 444 | #444 | 0.30 |
| 1974 | 324 | #518 | 0.22 |
| 1973 | 301 | #550 | 0.21 |
| 1972 | 251 | #619 | 0.16 |
| 1971 | 179 | #793 | 0.11 |
| 1970 | 172 | #806 | 0.10 |
| 1969 | 142 | #884 | 0.08 |
| 1968 | 142 | #859 | 0.09 |
| 1967 | 122 | #931 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 133 | #871 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 123 | #911 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 136 | #892 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 146 | #866 | 0.08 |
| 1962 | 142 | #885 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 150 | #873 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 133 | #920 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 136 | #890 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 124 | #925 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 123 | #927 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 141 | #837 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 135 | #834 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 153 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1953 | 154 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 151 | #724 | 0.08 |
| 1951 | 165 | #679 | 0.09 |
| 1950 | 165 | #665 | 0.10 |
| 1949 | 170 | #635 | 0.10 |
| 1948 | 183 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1947 | 184 | #620 | 0.10 |
| 1946 | 144 | #665 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 153 | #590 | 0.12 |
| 1944 | 166 | #566 | 0.13 |
| 1943 | 195 | #537 | 0.14 |
| 1942 | 214 | #510 | 0.16 |
| 1941 | 180 | #515 | 0.15 |
| 1940 | 188 | #505 | 0.16 |
| 1939 | 212 | #458 | 0.19 |
| 1938 | 197 | #472 | 0.18 |
| 1937 | 199 | #463 | 0.19 |
| 1936 | 174 | #489 | 0.17 |
| 1935 | 208 | #448 | 0.20 |
| 1934 | 239 | #424 | 0.23 |
| 1933 | 202 | #462 | 0.20 |
| 1932 | 231 | #433 | 0.22 |
| 1931 | 213 | #441 | 0.20 |
| 1930 | 251 | #415 | 0.22 |
| 1929 | 255 | #416 | 0.23 |
| 1928 | 273 | #410 | 0.24 |
| 1927 | 348 | #367 | 0.29 |
| 1926 | 360 | #351 | 0.30 |
| 1925 | 381 | #345 | 0.31 |
| 1924 | 381 | #348 | 0.31 |
| 1923 | 434 | #310 | 0.36 |
| 1922 | 412 | #321 | 0.34 |
| 1921 | 496 | #296 | 0.40 |
| 1920 | 471 | #300 | 0.39 |
| 1919 | 534 | #276 | 0.47 |
| 1918 | 513 | #279 | 0.44 |
| 1917 | 541 | #267 | 0.50 |
| 1916 | 549 | #260 | 0.53 |
| 1915 | 546 | #253 | 0.55 |
| 1914 | 443 | #249 | 0.58 |
| 1913 | 396 | #243 | 0.63 |
| 1912 | 359 | #237 | 0.64 |
| 1911 | 279 | #235 | 0.67 |
| 1910 | 305 | #213 | 0.77 |
| 1909 | 278 | #206 | 0.80 |
| 1908 | 240 | #223 | 0.72 |
| 1907 | 239 | #212 | 0.75 |
| 1906 | 256 | #191 | 0.87 |
| 1905 | 219 | #205 | 0.75 |
| 1904 | 261 | #183 | 0.95 |
| 1903 | 250 | #183 | 1.0 |
| 1902 | 271 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 1901 | 266 | #170 | 1.1 |
| 1900 | 325 | #169 | 1.1 |
| 1899 | 288 | #158 | 1.2 |
| 1898 | 338 | #148 | 1.3 |
| 1897 | 288 | #158 | 1.2 |
| 1896 | 323 | #146 | 1.4 |
| 1895 | 301 | #148 | 1.3 |
| 1894 | 293 | #150 | 1.3 |
| 1893 | 304 | #136 | 1.4 |
| 1892 | 326 | #132 | 1.5 |
| 1891 | 293 | #128 | 1.6 |
| 1890 | 267 | #136 | 1.4 |
| 1889 | 301 | #127 | 1.7 |
| 1888 | 295 | #124 | 1.7 |
| 1887 | 279 | #109 | 1.9 |
| 1886 | 254 | #116 | 1.8 |
| 1885 | 236 | #113 | 1.8 |
| 1884 | 275 | #103 | 2.1 |
| 1883 | 209 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 1882 | 214 | #106 | 2.0 |
| 1881 | 196 | #103 | 2.1 |
| 1880 | 221 | #97 | 2.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Hannah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Hannah has been given almost only to girls: 721 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Hannah: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Hannah, and how old are they?
441,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 466,406 Americans ever recorded as Hannah. The median Hannah alive today is 25 years old; half are between 19 and 31.
The 2020 Census counted 402,723 people named Hannah (402,223 women and girls, 500 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 418,435 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,030 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,180 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 6,070 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 124,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 238,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 69,500 |
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 Hannah born?
The states with the most babies named Hannah are Texas, California and New York, with 28% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 420 | #58 | 0.8× |
| California | 411 | #66 | 0.6× |
| New York | 270 | #44 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 268 | #49 | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 182 | #25 | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 174 | #44 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 135 | #56 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 127 | #68 | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 123 | #71 | 1.1× |
| Virginia | 120 | #46 | 1.1× |
Where Hannah is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Hannah is most over-represented in Kentucky: 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 Hannah 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 526,074 babies since 1880, Hannah is the most given (89% of them). In 2025 it was given to 3,973 of their 5,151 babies (77%), again the 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 Hannah
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 Hannah and names like it
- Compare Hannah and HannaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sHannah peaked in 2000.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Hannah since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Hannah: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2000The year the most babies were named Hannah.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Hannah alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with HMost given first.