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Hannibal

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Hannibal first appears in the data in 1885 and has been recorded in 83 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 19 babies (rank #4,943 that year). In 2024 it was given to 9 boys (rank #8,541). The name has been declining over the last five years.

778

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Names ranked near Hannibal in 2024

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1885	5	#1,004
1899	5	#1,111
1909	5	#1,557
1913	9	#2,000
1914	8	#2,524
1915	9	#2,710
1917	6	#3,727
1918	8	#3,226
1921	14	#2,302
1922	6	#4,040
1923	5	#4,503
1924	11	#2,726
1925	11	#2,658
1926	6	#3,910
1927	7	#3,602
1929	8	#3,094
1932	5	#3,992
1933	5	#3,871
1935	7	#3,089
1937	6	#3,300
1938	8	#2,742
1940	7	#2,977
1947	6	#3,515
1952	6	#3,517
1959	9	#2,914
1960	7	#3,472
1962	6	#3,796
1963	6	#3,795
1966	8	#3,085
1967	5	#4,205
1968	6	#3,876
1969	6	#4,127
1970	5	#5,006
1971	9	#3,475
1972	11	#3,041
1973	11	#3,094
1974	8	#3,975
1975	6	#5,039
1976	7	#4,602
1977	15	#2,827
1978	6	#5,335
1979	10	#3,913
1980	17	#2,770
1981	9	#4,290
1982	14	#3,179
1983	15	#2,975
1984	14	#3,166
1985	14	#3,278
1986	8	#5,043
1987	13	#3,605
1988	11	#4,279
1989	13	#4,122
1990	11	#4,798
1991	10	#5,238
1993	10	#5,501
1994	12	#4,901
1995	9	#6,097
1996	10	#5,696
1997	9	#6,275
1998	7	#7,882
1999	6	#9,115
2000	8	#7,715
2001	7	#8,625
2002	7	#8,786
2005	7	#9,473
2006	6	#11,134
2007	14	#6,024
2008	7	#10,259
2009	7	#10,232
2010	7	#10,038
2011	15	#5,770
2012	13	#6,437
2013	8	#9,088
2014	17	#5,334
2015	19	#4,943
2016	17	#5,393
2017	12	#6,839
2018	16	#5,623
2019	13	#6,545
2020	14	#6,083
2021	18	#5,195
2023	11	#7,441
2024	9	#8,541