Hannah

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Hebrew

Meaning

Hannah, also spelled Hanna, Hana, Hanah, or Chana, is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin. It is derived from the root แธฅ-n-n, meaning "favour" or "grace". A Dictionary of First Names attributes the name to a word meaning 'He has favoured me with a child'.

From Wikipedia

Hannah first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2000 with 1,551 babies (rank #5 that year). In 2024 it was given to 562 girls (rank #29). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Hannah

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Hannah yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

31,310
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
1,551
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991419#84
1992470#78
1993519#69
1994466#65
1995833#28
19961,012#20
19971,155#13
19981,218#10
19991,330#8
20001,551#5
20011,523#5
20021,353#5
20031,401#6
20041,254#6
20051,254#6
20061,249#7
20071,234#7
20081,069#12
2009861#19
2010728#25
2011729#24
2012808#21
2013838#19
2014826#20
2015807#20
2016793#21
2017869#14
2018821#16
2019809#17
2020699#22
2021686#26
2022583#30
2023581#29
2024562#29