# Hannah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hannah/  
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 | /ˈhænə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Hanny |
| Variant spellings | Hanna |
| US babies named this | 466,406 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 721 / 465,685 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 68,074, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From previous romanizations of Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ), chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As a Wren with the Royal Marines, after Hannah Snell (1723–1792) who disguised herself as a man to serve in the British military. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Anna, and Ana.

## What it means

Hannah 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 | 6,584 | 25 |
| 2012 | 7,293 | 22 |
| 2013 | 7,307 | 23 |
| 2014 | 6,593 | 28 |
| 2015 | 6,434 | 28 |
| 2016 | 6,038 | 33 |
| 2017 | 5,934 | 32 |
| 2018 | 5,680 | 33 |
| 2019 | 5,644 | 32 |
| 2020 | 4,972 | 39 |
| 2021 | 4,590 | 44 |
| 2022 | 4,490 | 47 |
| 2023 | 4,127 | 48 |
| 2024 | 4,078 | 52 |
| 2025 | 3,973 | 56 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 17 | 5,282 |
| 2008 | 12 | 6,900 |
| 2009 | 13 | 6,562 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9,096 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,337 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,087 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,350 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,740 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,276 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,252 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,850 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,260 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,091 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,801 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,172 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,462 | 41 |
| 2012 | 1,357 | 42 |
| 2013 | 1,243 | 44 |
| 2014 | 1,061 | 59 |
| 2015 | 1,090 | 55 |
| 2016 | 1,033 | 57 |
| 2017 | 998 | 57 |
| 2018 | 849 | 62 |
| 2019 | 786 | 68 |
| 2020 | 708 | 75 |
| 2021 | 588 | 89 |
| 2022 | 501 | 98 |
| 2023 | 515 | 94 |
| 2024 | 443 | 107 |
| 2025 | 439 | 105 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: هَانَا
- Armenian: Աննա
- Catalan: Anna
- Chinese: 漢娜 /汉娜
- Czech: Hana
- Danish: Hanna, Hannah
- Estonian: Hanna
- Finnish: Hanna
- German: Hanna, Hannah
- Greek: Χάνα
- Hebrew: חַנָּה
- Hindi: हैना
- Japanese: ハナ, 花
- Korean: 한나
- Norwegian: Hanna
- Polish: Hanna
- Portuguese: Hannah, Hanna, Ana
- Russian: Ха́нна, А́нна
- Spanish: Ana
- Swedish: Hanna

## People named Hannah

- Hannah Arendt, German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
- Hannah Murray, English actress
- Hannah Waddingham, British actress
- Hannah Höch, German artist (1889–1978)
- Hannah Mancini, American singer
- Hannah John-Kamen, British actress
- Hannah More, English writer and philanthropist (1745-1833)
- Hannah Hampton, English footballer (born 2000)
- Hannah Harper, English pornographic actress and director
- Hannah Teter, American snowboarder
- Hannah Spearritt, British singer and actress
- Hannah Kearney, freestyle skier

## 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.