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Hannah

Girls' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~442,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#56 among girls
Births in 2025
3,973 466,406 since 1880
Typical age
24 years, median

Hannah popularity over time

Hannah rank by birth year, 1880–2025Hannah ranked #96 in 1880 and #56 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #2, in 1998.#10#100#1,000#56best #2 in 199818901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2000 is the peak year for Hannah, with 23,112 births. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Hannah has spent 41 years inside the national top 100.

The 2025 position is #56, on 3,973 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 38%.

Babies named Hannah per yearPeaks at 23,112 births in 2000.23,112 in 2000018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Hannah?

About 442,100 people named Hannah are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 466,406 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Hannah?

The typical living Hannah is 24 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 1990s. By the site’s era rules that makes Hannah a millennial-era name.

Your Hannah

Ages of living people named HannahHalf of living Hannahs are older than 24 and half younger.median 24020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Hannah is most common

Alaska uses the name 2.3× as often as the country as a whole. New Hampshire, Wyoming and Rhode Island follow.

Where Hannah is used more than average5 states use the name Hannah more than the national average.Alaska: 2.3× the national rateAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: 2.3× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 1.9× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 1.9× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 1.8× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Hannah is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Alaska 154 2.3×
New Hampshire 262 2.3×
Wyoming 62 1.9×
Rhode Island 164 1.9×
District of Columbia 167 1.8×

Hannah in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Hannah ranked #105 in 2025 on 439 births. That is 38% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Hannah comes from

From previous romanizations of Hebrew חַנָּה, chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from חַנָּה (“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, Ana.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Hannah

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Hannah Arendt German-American political theorist and philosopher 1906–1975 126
Hannah Murray English actress 1989 46
Hannah Höch German artist 1889–1978 39
Hannah Waddingham British actress 1974 37
Hannah Szenes Jewish poet and anti-nazi fighter in World War II 1921–1944 34
Hannah Mancini American singer 1980 32
Hannah John-Kamen British actress 1989 32
Hannah More English writer and philanthropist 1745–1833 29
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 1,588 in 1982 to 2,410 in 1983 — 1.5 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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