Girls' name · since 1929
Hannelore
Hannelore has 267 recorded births since 1929 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1958 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,949 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,055 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 267
- born since 1929
- 2000s
- peak decade
267 babies have been named Hannelore since 1929, making it today's #12055 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hannelore has been recorded 267 times among girls since 1929, currently ranked #12055 nationally and more common than 30% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 2025.
- #16,949 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,055 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 267 born since 1929
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hannelore ranks #16,949 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,055 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 267 born since 1929, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,949 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,055 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 267
- born since 1929
- 2000s
- peak decade
Hannelore's 267 recorded births place it above 76.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hannelore compares
267 43rd 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
Hannelore's all-time total is 29% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hannelore | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 267 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hannelore's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hannelore's full recorded timeline at 1999, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1958 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hannelore popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–2025
- Peak year (1958)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 97 years of records
Hannelore by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (61 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Hannelore's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Hannelore births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
28 births
- 1960s
1960s
25 births
- 1970s
1970s
27 births
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 61 births (23% of all-time use).
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What to do with Hannelore's data
- Hannelore's decade-level peak was the 2000s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 19 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.
Keep exploring Hannelore
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hannelore: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~96 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, 1929–2025 (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 Hannelore 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.