Girls' name · since 1961
Hanne
183 babies named Hanne in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,721 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,458 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 183
- born since 1961
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hanne is the #13458 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 183 recorded since 1961.
Hanne has 183 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13458 as of the latest data, more common than 22% 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 1961 to 2025.
- #20,721 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,458 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 183 born since 1961
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hanne ranks #20,721 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,458 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 183 born since 1961, peaking in the 1990s.
- #20,721 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,458 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 183
- born since 1961
- 1990s
- peak decade
Hanne's 183 recorded births place it above 71.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hanne compares
183 35th 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
Hanne's all-time total is 51% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hanne | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 183 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hanne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hanne's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hanne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Hanne by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (71 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Hanne's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Hanne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
71 births
- 2000s
2000s
64 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 71 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Hanne's data
- Hanne's decade-level peak was the 1990s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Hanne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1961–2025 (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 Hanne 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.