# Hadassah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hadassah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “myrtle” |
| Pronunciation | /həˈdæsə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,312 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 9,312 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 443, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew הֲדַסָּה (“myrtle”), the Hebrew name of Esther in the Hebrew Bible.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 342 | 791 |
| 2012 | 321 | 834 |
| 2013 | 359 | 758 |
| 2014 | 403 | 700 |
| 2015 | 405 | 705 |
| 2016 | 445 | 656 |
| 2017 | 399 | 720 |
| 2018 | 390 | 728 |
| 2019 | 429 | 674 |
| 2020 | 427 | 670 |
| 2021 | 418 | 691 |
| 2022 | 489 | 609 |
| 2023 | 488 | 612 |
| 2024 | 577 | 530 |
| 2025 | 529 | 570 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,991 |
| 2013 | 24 | 1,360 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 37 | 975 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,817 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,272 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,389 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,507 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,621 |
| 2023 | 33 | 1,030 |
| 2024 | 26 | 1,262 |
| 2025 | 29 | 1,133 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.