Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: HebrewHannah, also spelled Hanna, Hana, Hanah, or Chana, is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin. It is derived from the root ḥ-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
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Hannah yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
23,087 births in 2000 was Hannah's raw-count peak; the rank had already hit its own best, #2, two years earlier in 1998 — a genuine near-#1 run. From there: a 39% fall over the past decade, down to 4,054 births and #52 in 2024.
The enrichment data's oldest reference dates to roughly 1200 BC, the biblical mother of Samuel — older than Delilah's 1100 BC reference in this same batch, though younger than Leah's 1730 BC, also in this batch, and Jacob's 1790 BC from the third batch.
Hannah Arendt lends the name real philosophical weight; actor Hannah Murray keeps it visible on screen today.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 221 | #97 |
| 1881 | 196 | #103 |
| 1882 | 214 | #106 |
| 1883 | 209 | #111 |
| 1884 | 275 | #103 |
| 1885 | 236 | #113 |
| 1886 | 254 | #116 |
| 1887 | 279 | #109 |
| 1888 | 295 | #124 |
| 1889 | 301 | #127 |
| 1890 | 267 | #136 |
| 1891 | 293 | #128 |
| 1892 | 326 | #132 |
| 1893 | 304 | #136 |
| 1894 | 293 | #150 |
| 1895 | 301 | #148 |
| 1896 | 323 | #146 |
| 1897 | 288 | #158 |
| 1898 | 338 | #148 |
| 1899 | 288 | #158 |
| 1900 | 325 | #169 |
| 1901 | 266 | #170 |
| 1902 | 271 | #174 |
| 1903 | 250 | #183 |
| 1904 | 261 | #183 |
| 1905 | 219 | #205 |
| 1906 | 256 | #191 |
| 1907 | 239 | #212 |
| 1908 | 240 | #223 |
| 1909 | 278 | #206 |
| 1910 | 305 | #213 |
| 1911 | 279 | #235 |
| 1912 | 359 | #237 |
| 1913 | 396 | #243 |
| 1914 | 443 | #249 |
| 1915 | 546 | #253 |
| 1916 | 549 | #260 |
| 1917 | 541 | #267 |
| 1918 | 513 | #279 |
| 1919 | 534 | #276 |
| 1920 | 471 | #300 |
| 1921 | 496 | #296 |
| 1922 | 412 | #321 |
| 1923 | 434 | #310 |
| 1924 | 381 | #348 |
| 1925 | 381 | #345 |
| 1926 | 360 | #351 |
| 1927 | 348 | #367 |
| 1928 | 273 | #410 |
| 1929 | 255 | #416 |
| 1930 | 251 | #415 |
| 1931 | 213 | #441 |
| 1932 | 231 | #433 |
| 1933 | 202 | #462 |
| 1934 | 239 | #424 |
| 1935 | 208 | #448 |
| 1936 | 174 | #489 |
| 1937 | 199 | #463 |
| 1938 | 197 | #472 |
| 1939 | 212 | #458 |
| 1940 | 188 | #505 |
| 1941 | 180 | #515 |
| 1942 | 214 | #510 |
| 1943 | 195 | #537 |
| 1944 | 166 | #566 |
| 1945 | 153 | #590 |
| 1946 | 144 | #665 |
| 1947 | 184 | #620 |
| 1948 | 183 | #611 |
| 1949 | 170 | #636 |
| 1950 | 165 | #666 |
| 1951 | 165 | #680 |
| 1952 | 151 | #725 |
| 1953 | 154 | #734 |
| 1954 | 153 | #750 |
| 1955 | 135 | #835 |
| 1956 | 141 | #838 |
| 1957 | 123 | #928 |
| 1958 | 124 | #926 |
| 1959 | 136 | #891 |
| 1960 | 133 | #920 |
| 1961 | 150 | #873 |
| 1962 | 142 | #886 |
| 1963 | 146 | #866 |
| 1964 | 136 | #892 |
| 1965 | 123 | #911 |
| 1966 | 133 | #871 |
| 1967 | 122 | #931 |
| 1968 | 142 | #859 |
| 1969 | 142 | #884 |
| 1970 | 172 | #806 |
| 1971 | 179 | #793 |
| 1972 | 251 | #619 |
| 1973 | 301 | #550 |
| 1974 | 326 | #517 |
| 1975 | 446 | #442 |
| 1976 | 536 | #384 |
| 1977 | 632 | #348 |
| 1978 | 735 | #312 |
| 1979 | 970 | #253 |
| 1980 | 1,221 | #213 |
| 1981 | 1,414 | #190 |
| 1982 | 1,581 | #175 |
| 1983 | 2,398 | #124 |
| 1984 | 2,266 | #126 |
| 1985 | 2,449 | #117 |
| 1986 | 3,388 | #82 |
| 1987 | 4,594 | #66 |
| 1988 | 5,562 | #61 |
| 1989 | 7,830 | #42 |
| 1990 | 10,282 | #30 |
| 1991 | 10,769 | #29 |
| 1992 | 11,495 | #26 |
| 1993 | 12,509 | #21 |
| 1994 | 14,495 | #16 |
| 1995 | 17,018 | #7 |
| 1996 | 18,596 | #7 |
| 1997 | 20,596 | #5 |
| 1998 | 21,375 | #2 |
| 1999 | 21,679 | #2 |
| 2000 | 23,087 | #2 |
| 2001 | 20,723 | #3 |
| 2002 | 18,827 | #3 |
| 2003 | 17,638 | #4 |
| 2004 | 15,613 | #5 |
| 2005 | 14,853 | #7 |
| 2006 | 14,554 | #8 |
| 2007 | 13,322 | #9 |
| 2008 | 9,575 | #17 |
| 2009 | 7,583 | #23 |
| 2010 | 6,998 | #20 |
| 2011 | 6,584 | #25 |
| 2012 | 7,291 | #22 |
| 2013 | 7,306 | #23 |
| 2014 | 6,593 | #28 |
| 2015 | 6,432 | #28 |
| 2016 | 6,036 | #33 |
| 2017 | 5,932 | #32 |
| 2018 | 5,680 | #33 |
| 2019 | 5,641 | #32 |
| 2020 | 4,966 | #39 |
| 2021 | 4,588 | #44 |
| 2022 | 4,488 | #47 |
| 2023 | 4,117 | #48 |
| 2024 | 4,054 | #52 |
