# Hanna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hanna/  
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 | “grace”, “gracious”, “graced with child” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hannah, Hannay, Hanney |
| US babies named this | 42,137 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 132 / 42,005 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,857, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant spelling of Hannah or romanization of Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ), chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As an Oklahoman town, named for Hanna Bullett, one of the initial settlers. As a Polish village, named for the queen Anna Jagiellon.

## What it means

Hanna is grouped under grace.

## 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 | 666 | 455 |
| 2012 | 916 | 347 |
| 2013 | 818 | 378 |
| 2014 | 648 | 486 |
| 2015 | 597 | 527 |
| 2016 | 585 | 533 |
| 2017 | 577 | 537 |
| 2018 | 554 | 561 |
| 2019 | 569 | 540 |
| 2020 | 571 | 528 |
| 2021 | 551 | 556 |
| 2022 | 569 | 543 |
| 2023 | 579 | 525 |
| 2024 | 608 | 504 |
| 2025 | 580 | 512 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 7 | 6,017 |
| 1989 | 8 | 5,845 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,606 |
| 1994 | 8 | 6,596 |
| 1995 | 11 | 5,276 |
| 1997 | 5 | 9,801 |
| 1998 | 6 | 8,878 |
| 1999 | 5 | 10,500 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8,625 |
| 2002 | 7 | 8,786 |
| 2004 | 15 | 5,344 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,037 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,923 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,900 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,959 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 239 | 210 |
| 2012 | 281 | 183 |
| 2013 | 294 | 179 |
| 2014 | 347 | 161 |
| 2015 | 347 | 156 |
| 2016 | 400 | 141 |
| 2017 | 375 | 143 |
| 2018 | 336 | 158 |
| 2019 | 351 | 142 |
| 2020 | 283 | 176 |
| 2021 | 231 | 214 |
| 2022 | 217 | 220 |
| 2023 | 171 | 262 |
| 2024 | 156 | 287 |
| 2025 | 122 | 352 |

## People named Hanna

- Hanna Schygulla, German actress and chanson singer (born 1943)
- Hanna Reitsch, German aviator (1912–1979)
- Hanna Pakarinen, Finnish pop and rock singer
- Hanna Huskova, Belarusian freestyle skier
- Hanna Maron, German-israeli actress (1923-2014)
- Hanna R. Hall, American actress
- Hanna Hilton, American pornographic actress
- Hanna Sola, Belarusian biathlete
- Hanna Mariën, Belgian athletics competitor (born 1982)
- Hanna Neumann, German Australian mathematician (1914–1971)
- Hannah Elizabeth Pick Goslar, Anne Frank friend (1928–2022)
- Hanna Sturm, Austrian politician (1891-1984)

## 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.