Hannah

“Grace, favor” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #56 in the US (2025) · 90s

Hannah's best rank, #2, came in 1998; it has stepped well back to #56 today. Roughly 466,000 girls have been named Hannah since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Together with its spelling variants Hanna (#512) and Hana (#658), Hannah would rank around #40 with about 5,000 births last year — the newborns split about 79/12/9 across Hannah, Hanna, and Hana. Popular twin pairings with Hannah include Hailey and Emma for girls, and Noah for a boy.

Around the world: #7 in Germany (2025) · #12 in Austria (2025) · #21 in Ireland (2025) · #28 in Denmark (2025) · #29 in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Hannahs

Hannah Arendt — German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
Hannah Murray — English actress
Hannah Höch — German artist (1889–1978)
Hannah Waddingham — British actress
Hannah Szenes — Jewish poet and anti-nazi fighter in World War II

In stories & tradition

Hannah — First Book of Samuel
Hannah Abbott — Harry Potter
Hannah Baker — Thirteen Reasons Why · 13 Reasons Why

What Hannahs become

Among 2,092 notable people named Hannah:

Medical professionals appear 1.9× more often than among typical names — e.g. Hannah Valantine, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine.

Similar names: Samantha · Ana · Abigail · Leah · Aniyah · Ava

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