Hannibal — #8305 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hannibal

The Social Security Administration has registered 778 babies named Hannibal between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hannibal currently holds the #8305 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hannibal performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Hannibal shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Hannibal in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hannibal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 778 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.