Hannah

#56 for girls in 2025, 3,973 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #9,823
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
2000 · 23,087 births
Debut · girls
221 births
In top 100 · girls
41 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
465,685
since 1880

Hannah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #2, 2000girls
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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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#563,973—
2024#524,078—
2023#484,127—
2022#474,490#9,8237
2021#444,590#12,1465
2020#394,972#10,6056
2019#325,644#10,8036
2018#335,680#12,1565
2017#325,934#10,7756
2016#336,038—
2015#286,434#8,0409
2014#286,593#12,1085
2013#237,307#8,1189
2012#227,293#9,7097
2011#256,584#10,8086
2010#206,999#8,8038
2009#237,584#6,43613
2008#179,577#6,76312
2007#913,323#5,21017
2006#814,556#6,09413
2005#714,854#5,87513
2004#515,614#1,384103
2003#417,638#3,62624
2002#318,828#3,34926
2001#320,723#3,72122
2000#223,087#3,29925
1999#221,679#3,10326
1998#221,376#3,48621
1997#520,597#3,73818
1996#718,596#3,29321
1995#717,018#3,10022
1994#1614,494#3,59618
1993#2112,510#3,36819
1992#2611,496#4,56412
1991#2910,769#2,82823
1990#3010,283#2,37329
1989#427,830#1,67846
1988#615,562#2,59922
1987#664,594#2,21526
1986#823,388#3,65312
1985#1172,449#4,6988
1984#1262,265#3,10714
1983#1242,398#3,41112
1982#1751,581#5,0037
1981#1901,414—
1980#2131,221#4,9407
1979#253970#5,3556
1978#312735—
1977#348632—
1976#384536—
1975#443444—
1974#518324—
1973#550301—
1972#619251—
1971#793179—
1970#803172—
1969#881142—
1968#859142—
1967#926122—
1966#869133—
1965#908123—
1964#890136—
1963#865146—
1962#885142—
1961#869150—
1960#920133—
1959#891136—
1958#925124—
1957#924123—
1956#838141—
1955#834135—
1954#748153—
1953#733154—
1952#723151—
1951#680165—
1950#664165—
1949#636170—
1948#610183—
1947#617184—
1946#662144—
1945#589153—
1944#565166—
1943#537195—
1942#510214—
1941#513180—
1940#504188—
1939#458212—
1938#472197—
1937#463199—
1936#489174—
1935#448208—
1934#424239—
1933#461202—
1932#432231—
1931#441213—
1930#414251—
1929#416255—
1928#410273—
1927#367348—
1926#351360—
1925#345381—
1924#348381—
1923#310434—
1922#321412—
1921#295496—
1920#299471—
1919#276534#4,1685
1918#279513—
1917#267541—
1916#260549—
1915#253546—
1914#249443—
1913#243396—
1912#237359—
1911#235279—
1910#213305—
1909#206278—
1908#223240—
1907#211239—
1906#191256—
1905#205219—
1904#182261—
1903#183250—
1902#174271—
1901#170266—
1900#169325—
1899#157288—
1898#148338—
1897#158288—
1896#146323—
1895#148301—
1894#150293—
1893#136304—
1892#132326—
1891#128293—
1890#136267—
1889#127301—
1888#123295—
1887#109279—
1886#116254—
1885#113236—
1884#103275—
1883#110209—
1882#106214—
1881#103196—
1880#96221—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hannah was already there! It came in at #96, and was given to 221 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1948–1971, when fewer than 190 girls a year got the name.

Where Hannah is popular in 1890

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Hannah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#52 → #56)
  • 17 spots since 2020 (#39 → #56)
  • 28 spots since 2015 (#28 → #56)
  • Biggest jump: 174 spots in 1972 (#793 → #619)
  • Biggest drop: 86 spots in 1955 (#748 → #834)
Rise & fade · girls
120 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2000 at #2 (23,087 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: 13 yrs · run 1995–2007
  • Top 100: 41 yrs · run 1986–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 79
  • Highest: 1 in 79 girls born in 2000 were named Hannah (1.3%)
  • Latest: 1 in 405 girls born in 2025 (0.25%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 34.1% of all girls named Hannah (158,818) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #96 (1880) → #926 (1967) → #2 (2000)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,480#96 (1880)#111
1890s3,021#128 (1891)#144
1900s2,605#169 (1900)#191
1910s4,465#213 (1910)#251
1920s3,811#295 (1921)#346
1930s2,126#414 (1930)#450
1940s1,777#504 (1940)#574
1950s1,447#664 (1950)#796
1960s1,369#859 (1968)#887
1970s4,544#253 (1979)#502
1980s32,702#42 (1989)#120
1990s158,818#2 (1999)#15
2000s155,784#2 (2000)#8
2010s64,506#20 (2010)#28
2020s26,230#39 (2020)#48

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.

Hannah in 1890

girls
#136
267 births · 1 in 713 girls

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #136Hannah267
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 713 of them was named Hannah, which outranked 91.1% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hannah
  1. #133Matilda293
  2. #134Estelle277
  3. #135Amy275
  4. #136Hannah267
  5. #137Sara262
  6. #138Essie256
  7. #139Goldie254
Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. ↑ 612Electa#1,279 → #667
  2. ↑ 586Lular#1,279 → #693
  3. ↑ 548Alvena#1,147 → #599
  4. ↑ 521Prudie#1,279 → #758
  5. ↑ 505Tempie#1,147 → #642
Fallers
  1. ↓ 581Lella#757 → #1,338
  2. ↓ 581Vira#757 → #1,338
  3. ↓ 553Buena#657 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 536Roxana#802 → #1,338
  5. ↓ 499Fleda#839 → #1,338

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

See the top 100 for 1890 →