Hannah Girl
How popular is Hannah?
#56 girl name in 2025
3,973 baby girls were named Hannah in the US in 2025, making it the 56th most popular girl name.
Hannah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #56 for girls (▼ 4 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,973 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #28 in 2015, #39 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2000 (23,087 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2 in 1998 (3 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Hannah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Hannah family of names ranked #52 for girls in 2025 (#49 the year before), with 5,000 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Hannah is most popular
Babies named Hannah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 7.8 per 1,000 (67 girls)
- Wyoming: 6.6 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- New Hampshire: 6.4 per 1,000 (119 girls)
- Rhode Island: 6.1 per 1,000 (77 girls)
- District of Columbia: 5.8 per 1,000 (69 girls)
Hannah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,480 | #96 |
| 1890s | 3,021 | #128 |
| 1900s | 2,605 | #169 |
| 1910s | 4,465 | #213 |
| 1920s | 3,811 | #295 |
| 1930s | 2,126 | #414 |
| 1940s | 1,777 | #504 |
| 1950s | 1,447 | #663 |
| 1960s | 1,369 | #859 |
| 1970s | 4,544 | #253 |
| 1980s | 32,702 | #42 |
| 1990s | 158,818 | #2 |
| 2000s | 155,784 | #2 |
| 2010s | 64,506 | #20 |
| 2020s | 26,230 | #39 |
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Questions
- Is Hannah a boy or girl name?
- Hannah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Hannah were girls.
- How popular is the name Hannah?
- 3,973 baby girls were named Hannah in the US in 2025, making it the 56th most popular girl name.
- When was Hannah most popular?
- Hannah peaked in 2000, when 23,087 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2, held for 3 years starting in 1998.
- How many people are named Hannah?
- 466,406 babies have been named Hannah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 441,987 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Hannah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Hannah was most common in Alaska, at 7.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.