Hanniel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hanniel

The Social Security Administration has registered 105 babies named Hanniel between 2005 and 2023, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hanniel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hanniel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Hanniel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hanniel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hanniel 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 105 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.