Girls' name · since 1880
Hannah
Hannah has 465,685 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #72 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #56 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 465,685
- born since 1880
- 1990s
- peak decade
Hannah currently ranks #56 among girls' names in America, with 465,685 babies recorded since 1880.
Hannah has 465,685 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #56 as of the latest data, more common than 99.7% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #72 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #56 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 465,685 born since 1880
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hannah ranks #72 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #56 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 465,685 born since 1880, peaking in the 1990s.
- #72 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #56 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 465,685
- born since 1880
- 1990s
- peak decade
Hannah's 465,685 recorded births place it above 99.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Hannah compares
465,685 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Hannah's all-time total is 1,239x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hannah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 465,685 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23,087 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hannah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hannah splits its recorded history at 1953: 96% of all births land in the more recent half, 4% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1967 (122 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 23,087 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hannah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 23,087
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Hannah popularity over time - boys
721 total births recorded since 1919 (Hannah as boys' name)
Hannah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (158,818 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Hannah's strongest decade.
158,818 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Hannah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 2,480
1880s
2,480 births
- 1890s 3,021
1890s
3,021 births
- 1900s 2,605
1900s
2,605 births
- 1910s 4,465
1910s
4,465 births
- 1920s 3,811
1920s
3,811 births
- 1930s 2,126
1930s
2,126 births
- 1940s 1,777
1940s
1,777 births
- 1950s 1,447
1950s
1,447 births
- 1960s 1,369
1960s
1,369 births
- 1970s 4,544
1970s
4,544 births
- 1980s 32,702
1980s
32,702 births
- 1990s
1990s
158,818 births
- 2000s
2000s
155,784 births
- 2010s
2010s
64,506 births
- 2020s 26,230
2020s
26,230 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 158,818 births (34% of all-time use).
How Hannah 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 Hannah's total volume
Hannah by state
Where Hannah concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 39,108 | 8.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 33,457 | 7.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 22,085 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 21,726 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 19,507 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Florida | | 18,979 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 17,974 | 3.9% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 17,443 | 3.7% |
39,108 of 465,685 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Hannah appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Hannah's data
- Hannah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (158,818 total births); usage has since declined to 26,230 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Hannahs (39,108 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 Hannah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Hannah 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.