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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #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—
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1958#925124—
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1956#838141—
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1952#723151—
1951#680165—
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1949#636170—
1948#610183—
1947#617184—
1946#662144—
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1944#565166—
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1940#504188—
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1922#321412—
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1920#299471—
1919#276534#4,1685
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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 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #14 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 79 girlsAKMaine: #14 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 72 girlsMEVermont: #12 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 61 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #15 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 67 girlsNHWashington: #12 for girls · 344 births · 1 in 89 girlsWAIdaho: #23 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 101 girlsIDMontana: #32 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 120 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #32 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 123 girlsNDMinnesota: #13 for girls · 325 births · 1 in 81 girlsMNIllinois: #29 for girls · 457 births · 1 in 165 girlsILWisconsin: #16 for girls · 325 births · 1 in 85 girlsWIMichigan: #25 for girls · 408 births · 1 in 140 girlsMINew York: #53 for girls · 445 births · 1 in 261 girlsNYMassachusetts: #28 for girls · 274 births · 1 in 131 girlsMARhode Island: #36 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 145 girlsRIOregon: #11 for girls · 206 births · 1 in 79 girlsORNevada: #34 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 148 girlsNVWyoming: #20 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 73 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #41 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 153 girlsSDIowa: #16 for girls · 174 births · 1 in 88 girlsIAIndiana: #15 for girls · 366 births · 1 in 91 girlsINOhio: #20 for girls · 588 births · 1 in 116 girlsOHPennsylvania: #35 for girls · 414 births · 1 in 165 girlsPANew Jersey: #80 for girls · 132 births · 1 in 345 girlsNJConnecticut: #39 for girls · 105 births · 1 in 170 girlsCTCalifornia: #47 for girls · 1,008 births · 1 in 255 girlsCAUtah: #34 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 161 girlsUTColorado: #10 for girls · 246 births · 1 in 86 girlsCONebraska: #18 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 93 girlsNEMissouri: #19 for girls · 324 births · 1 in 95 girlsMOKentucky: #14 for girls · 258 births · 1 in 81 girlsKYWest Virginia: #17 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 85 girlsWVVirginia: #26 for girls · 294 births · 1 in 124 girlsVAMaryland: #29 for girls · 196 births · 1 in 137 girlsMDDelaware: #51 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 170 girlsDEArizona: #43 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 216 girlsAZNew Mexico: #43 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 178 girlsNMKansas: #16 for girls · 157 births · 1 in 85 girlsKSArkansas: #13 for girls · 150 births · 1 in 79 girlsARTennessee: #12 for girls · 387 births · 1 in 77 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #17 for girls · 425 births · 1 in 94 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #19 for girls · 189 births · 1 in 100 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #38 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 160 girlsDCOklahoma: #20 for girls · 153 births · 1 in 112 girlsOKLouisiana: #17 for girls · 221 births · 1 in 107 girlsLAMississippi: #24 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 112 girlsMSAlabama: #10 for girls · 272 births · 1 in 79 girlsALGeorgia: #16 for girls · 429 births · 1 in 96 girlsGAHawaii: #86 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 320 girlsHITexas: #32 for girls · 746 births · 1 in 184 girlsTXFlorida: #38 for girls · 360 births · 1 in 209 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#10 · 1 in 79
  2. Colorado#10 · 1 in 86
  3. Oregon#11 · 1 in 79
  4. Vermont#12 · 1 in 61
  5. Tennessee#12 · 1 in 77

Best ever in a state: #1 in Kentucky, 1996.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#102721 in 79
Colorado#102461 in 86
Oregon#112061 in 79
Tennessee#123871 in 77
Vermont#12391 in 61
Washington#123441 in 89
Arkansas#131501 in 79
Minnesota#133251 in 81
Alaska#14411 in 79
Kentucky#142581 in 81
Maine#14791 in 72
Indiana#153661 in 91
New Hampshire#15871 in 67
Georgia#164291 in 96
Iowa#161741 in 88
Kansas#161571 in 85
Wisconsin#163251 in 85
Louisiana#172211 in 107
North Carolina#174251 in 94
West Virginia#17981 in 85
Nebraska#18911 in 93
Missouri#193241 in 95
South Carolina#191891 in 100
Ohio#205881 in 116
Oklahoma#201531 in 112
Wyoming#20221 in 73
Idaho#23541 in 101
Mississippi#241151 in 112
Michigan#254081 in 140
Virginia#262941 in 124
Massachusetts#282741 in 131
Illinois#294571 in 165
Maryland#291961 in 137
Montana#32281 in 120
North Dakota#32271 in 123
Texas#327461 in 184
Nevada#34491 in 148
Utah#34861 in 161
Pennsylvania#354141 in 165
Rhode Island#36361 in 145
District of Columbia#38331 in 160
Florida#383601 in 209
Connecticut#391051 in 170
South Dakota#41241 in 153
Arizona#431211 in 216
New Mexico#43521 in 178
California#471,0081 in 255
Delaware#51211 in 170
New York#534451 in 261
New Jersey#801321 in 345
Hawaii#86151 in 320

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 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 1992

girls
#26
11,496 births · 1 in 160 girls
boys
#4,564
12 births · 1 in 166,451 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #26Hannah11,496

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #4,564Hannah12
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 160 of them was named Hannah, which outranked 99.8% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hannah
  1. #23Kelsey11,713
  2. #24Melissa11,710
  3. #25Michelle11,512
  4. #26Hannah11,496
  5. #27Katherine11,149
  6. #28Jasmine10,479
  7. #29Alexandra10,221
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

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

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 166,451 of them was named Hannah, which outranked 53.5% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hannah
  1. #4,327Yuval13
  2. #4,327Zakariah13
  3. #4,327Zong13
  4. #4,564Hannah12
  5. #4,564Aaryn12
  6. #4,564Aasim12
  7. #4,564Abayomi12
  8. #4,872Abbas11
  9. #4,872Abdias11
  10. #4,872Adron11

Tied with 307 names at #4,564; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,348Dalvin#7,271 → #923
  2. ↑ 3,435Jalen#3,813 → #378
  3. ↑ 2,026Davante#2,828 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,555Davonta#2,469 → #914
  5. ↑ 1,383Juwan#2,344 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,632Unnamed#972 → #3,604
  2. ↓ 450Octavius#945 → #1,395
  3. ↓ 398Male#679 → #1,077
  4. ↓ 394Khiry#915 → #1,309
  5. ↓ 379Dijon#915 → #1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1992 →