Hanna

#511 for girls in 2025, 580 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1998 · 1,898 births
Debut · girls
25 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
42,005
since 1880

Hanna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Hanna has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #165, 1998girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#511580—
2024#504608—
2023#524579—
2022#543569—
2021#556551—
2020#528571—
2019#540569—
2018#561554—
2017#536577#12,2465
2016#533585#12,1855
2015#525597#9,5687
2014#486648—
2013#378818#9,6557
2012#347916—
2011#455666—
2010#516579—
2009#440717—
2008#366892—
2007#3221,036—
2006#2681,226—
2005#2441,343—
2004#2301,426#5,24615
2003#2121,549—
2002#1941,653#8,4567
2001#1861,758#8,3397
2000#1711,912—
1999#1681,878#9,9125
1998#1651,898#8,4796
1997#1781,699#9,2655
1996#2061,422—
1995#2101,377#5,12411
1994#2361,187#6,3728
1993#2751,005—
1992#291948—
1991#308886—
1990#344778#8,1175
1989#381662#5,6158
1988#532414#5,7517
1987#535376—
1986#656281#4,8538
1985#715241#4,3339
1984#672253—
1983#689246—
1982#1,010146—
1981#1,017142#4,9617
1980#1,189112—
1979#1,261101—
1978#1,27596—
1977#1,42978—
1976#1,84050—
1975#1,90647—
1974#2,25435—
1973#2,01940—
1972#2,74725—
1971#3,06222—
1970#2,93823—
1969#2,84422—
1968#2,70822—
1967#2,55823—
1966#3,55813—
1965#2,46424—
1964#2,82520—
1963#2,61922—
1962#2,92218—
1961#2,35926—
1960#2,64921—
1959#2,67819—
1958#3,74711—
1957#2,41622—
1956#2,92916—
1955#2,63518—
1954#2,77916—
1953#2,59517—
1952#2,92114—
1951#2,24520—
1950#2,05322—
1949#2,72614—
1948#2,32918—
1947#2,20020—
1946#3,21710—
1945#2,59812—
1944#2,09617—
1943#2,35215—
1942#1,91720—
1941#1,88219—
1940#1,90018—
1939#1,79719—
1938#2,11315—
1937#2,19614—
1936#2,26313—
1935#1,91717—
1934#2,56711—
1933#1,97016—
1932#1,63422—
1931#1,68621—
1930#1,93418—
1929#1,89219—
1928#1,83721—
1927#1,93520—
1926#1,66725—
1925#1,64726—
1924#1,40934—
1923#1,52029—
1922#1,57528—
1921#1,92721—
1920#1,28236—
1919#1,29735—
1918#1,15342—
1917#1,04046—
1916#1,22734—
1915#1,02542—
1914#1,11929—
1913#96131—
1912#1,11722—
1911#87524—
1910#78130—
1909#90920—
1908#74227—
1907#71028—
1906#79321—
1905#1,05713—
1904#65328—
1903#78919—
1902#68824—
1901#85715—
1900#78022—
1899#55030—
1898#54434—
1897#53730—
1896#46738—
1895#48037—
1894#66420—
1893#61422—
1892#61621—
1891#49727—
1890#44633—
1889#48626—
1888#39438—
1887#42427—
1886#41627—
1885#57614—
1884#43821—
1883#41121—
1882#36024—
1881#40517—
1880#31725—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hanna was already there! It came in at #317, and was given to 25 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1945–1946, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.

Where Hanna is popular in 1985

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedNHWashington: #440 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,071 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #435 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,077 girlsMNIllinois: #834 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,110 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedWIMichigan: #638 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,362 girlsMINew York: #818 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 7,635 girlsNYMassachusetts: #639 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,998 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedRIOregon: #356 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,234 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedSDIowa: #368 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,875 girlsIAIndiana: #448 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,782 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #924 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,524 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #839 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 7,779 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedUTColorado: #576 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,392 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedNEMissouri: #379 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,926 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedNMKansas: #361 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,442 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #749 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,111 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #437 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,972 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #429 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,735 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedALGeorgia: #466 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,372 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedHITexas: #1,014 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 10,258 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Hanna, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#356 · 1 in 2,234
  2. Kansas#361 · 1 in 2,442
  3. Iowa#368 · 1 in 2,875
  4. Missouri#379 · 1 in 2,926
  5. Louisiana#429 · 1 in 2,735

Best ever in a state: #54 in South Dakota, 2001.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#35671 in 2,234
Kansas#36161 in 2,442
Iowa#36861 in 2,875
Missouri#379111 in 2,926
Louisiana#429111 in 2,735
Minnesota#43571 in 4,077
South Carolina#43761 in 2,972
Washington#44091 in 3,071
Indiana#44891 in 3,782
Georgia#466111 in 3,372
Colorado#57651 in 4,392
Michigan#63891 in 6,362
Massachusetts#63951 in 6,998
North Carolina#74951 in 7,111
New York#818141 in 7,635
Illinois#83491 in 8,110
California#839261 in 7,779
Pennsylvania#92461 in 11,524
Texas#1,014131 in 10,258
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Hanna
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#504 → #511)
  • 17 spots since 2020 (#528 → #511)
  • 14 spots since 2015 (#525 → #511)
  • Biggest jump: 321 spots in 1983 (#1,010 → #689)
  • Biggest drop: 404 spots in 1905 (#653 → #1,057)
Rise & fade · girls
118 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1998 at #165 (1,898 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 75 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1983–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 931
  • Highest: 1 in 931 girls born in 1998 were named Hanna (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,771 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 32.2% of all girls named Hanna (13,512) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s240#317 (1880)#423
1890s292#446 (1890)#542
1900s217#653 (1904)#798
1910s335#781 (1910)#1,060
1920s259#1,282 (1920)#1,669
1930s166#1,634 (1932)#2,008
1940s163#1,882 (1941)#2,322
1950s175#2,053 (1950)#2,700
1960s211#2,359 (1961)#2,751
1970s517#1,261 (1979)#2,073
1980s2,873#381 (1989)#740
1990s13,078#165 (1998)#238
2000s13,512#171 (2000)#263
2010s6,509#347 (2012)#488
2020s3,458#504 (2024)#528

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hanna in 1985

girls
#715
241 births · 1 in 7,140 girls
boys
#4,333
9 births · 1 in 205,357 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #715Hanna241

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #4,333Hanna9
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 7,140 of them was named Hanna, which outranked 94.3% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hanna
  1. #712Eliza242
  2. #712Kristan242
  3. #712Liza242
  4. #715Hanna241
  5. #715Candy241
  6. #715Lynsey241
  7. #718Marcella240
  8. #718Renae240
  9. #720Adrianna239

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 7,360Kayleigh#8,153 → #793
  2. ↑ 1,675Madison#2,299 → #624
  3. ↑ 1,167Cierra#1,633 → #466
  4. ↑ 1,002Ciera#1,703 → #701
  5. ↑ 787Krystina#1,332 → #545
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,164Grisel#784 → #1,948
  2. ↓ 893Ciji#963 → #1,856
  3. ↓ 419Falon#914 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 364Alesia#969 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 362Echo#845 → #1,207

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 205,357 of them was named Hanna, which outranked 42.9% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hanna
  1. #4,052Zacheriah10
  2. #4,052Zebedee10
  3. #4,052Zeeshan10
  4. #4,333Hanna9
  5. #4,333Aakash9
  6. #4,333Aaryn9
  7. #4,333Abelino9
  8. #4,698Abdulla8
  9. #4,698Abrahan8
  10. #4,698Adrin8

Tied with 364 names at #4,333; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,425Jaymes#3,270 → #845
  2. ↑ 977Trace#1,933 → #956
  3. ↑ 933Durrell#1,656 → #723
  4. ↑ 793Durell#1,399 → #606
  5. ↑ 562Brandyn#1,444 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 420Anwar#951 → #1,371
  2. ↓ 345Zebulon#976 → #1,321
  3. ↓ 303Tavares#925 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 250Alonso#931 → #1,181
  5. ↓ 228Abdul#1,000 → #1,228

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1985 →