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 1996 and has been recorded in 28 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 5,916 babies (rank #6 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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.

67,192
Total babies (all years)
28
Years in the data
5,916
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19965,916#6
19975,581#6
19985,052#7
19994,351#10
20004,410#9
20014,282#8
20023,874#8
20033,546#10
20043,312#12
20052,990#14
20062,946#15
20072,701#16
20082,335#19
20091,956#29
20101,749#31
20111,462#41
20121,357#42
20131,243#44
20141,061#59
20151,090#55
20161,033#57
2017998#57
2018849#62
2019786#68
2020708#75
2021588#89
2022501#98
2023515#94