Hanna

#511 for girls in 2025, 580 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1998 · 1,898 births
Debut · girls
25 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
42,005
since 1880

Hanna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Hanna has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #165, 1998girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#511580
2024#504608
2023#524579
2022#543569
2021#556551
2020#528571
2019#540569
2018#561554
2017#536577#12,2465
2016#533585#12,1855
2015#525597#9,5687
2014#486648
2013#378818#9,6557
2012#347916
2011#455666
2010#516579
2009#440717
2008#366892
2007#3221,036
2006#2681,226
2005#2441,343
2004#2301,426#5,24615
2003#2121,549
2002#1941,653#8,4567
2001#1861,758#8,3397
2000#1711,912
1999#1681,878#9,9125
1998#1651,898#8,4796
1997#1781,699#9,2655
1996#2061,422
1995#2101,377#5,12411
1994#2361,187#6,3728
1993#2751,005
1992#291948
1991#308886
1990#344778#8,1175
1989#381662#5,6158
1988#532414#5,7517
1987#535376
1986#656281#4,8538
1985#715241#4,3339
1984#672253
1983#689246
1982#1,010146
1981#1,017142#4,9617
1980#1,189112
1979#1,261101
1978#1,27596
1977#1,42978
1976#1,84050
1975#1,90647
1974#2,25435
1973#2,01940
1972#2,74725
1971#3,06222
1970#2,93823
1969#2,84422
1968#2,70822
1967#2,55823
1966#3,55813
1965#2,46424
1964#2,82520
1963#2,61922
1962#2,92218
1961#2,35926
1960#2,64921
1959#2,67819
1958#3,74711
1957#2,41622
1956#2,92916
1955#2,63518
1954#2,77916
1953#2,59517
1952#2,92114
1951#2,24520
1950#2,05322
1949#2,72614
1948#2,32918
1947#2,20020
1946#3,21710
1945#2,59812
1944#2,09617
1943#2,35215
1942#1,91720
1941#1,88219
1940#1,90018
1939#1,79719
1938#2,11315
1937#2,19614
1936#2,26313
1935#1,91717
1934#2,56711
1933#1,97016
1932#1,63422
1931#1,68621
1930#1,93418
1929#1,89219
1928#1,83721
1927#1,93520
1926#1,66725
1925#1,64726
1924#1,40934
1923#1,52029
1922#1,57528
1921#1,92721
1920#1,28236
1919#1,29735
1918#1,15342
1917#1,04046
1916#1,22734
1915#1,02542
1914#1,11929
1913#96131
1912#1,11722
1911#87524
1910#78130
1909#90920
1908#74227
1907#71028
1906#79321
1905#1,05713
1904#65328
1903#78919
1902#68824
1901#85715
1900#78022
1899#55030
1898#54434
1897#53730
1896#46738
1895#48037
1894#66420
1893#61422
1892#61621
1891#49727
1890#44633
1889#48626
1888#39438
1887#42427
1886#41627
1885#57614
1884#43821
1883#41121
1882#36024
1881#40517
1880#31725
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hanna was already there! It came in at #317, and was given to 25 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1945–1946, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.

See more about Hanna
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#504#511)
  • 17 spots since 2020 (#528#511)
  • 14 spots since 2015 (#525#511)
  • Biggest jump: 321 spots in 1983 (#1,010#689)
  • Biggest drop: 404 spots in 1905 (#653#1,057)
Rise & fade · girls
118 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1998 at #165 (1,898 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 75 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1983–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 931
  • Highest: 1 in 931 girls born in 1998 were named Hanna (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,771 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 32.2% of all girls named Hanna (13,512) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s240#317 (1880)#423
1890s292#446 (1890)#542
1900s217#653 (1904)#798
1910s335#781 (1910)#1,060
1920s259#1,282 (1920)#1,669
1930s166#1,634 (1932)#2,008
1940s163#1,882 (1941)#2,322
1950s175#2,053 (1950)#2,700
1960s211#2,359 (1961)#2,751
1970s517#1,261 (1979)#2,073
1980s2,873#381 (1989)#740
1990s13,078#165 (1998)#238
2000s13,512#171 (2000)#263
2010s6,509#347 (2012)#488
2020s3,458#504 (2024)#528

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hanna in 1986

girls
#656
281 births · 1 in 6,105 girls
boys
#4,853
8 births · 1 in 230,189 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #656Hanna281

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #4,853Hanna8
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 6,105 of them was named Hanna, which outranked 94.9% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hanna
  1. #650Maryann283
  2. #654Dominque282
  3. #654Selena282
  4. #656Hanna281
  5. #656Kim281
  6. #656Lakeshia281
  7. #656Marcella281
  8. #661Ali280
  9. #661Leeann280
  10. #663Maranda279

Tied with 4 names at #656; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 9,719Kyrie#10,677#958
  2. 4,778Sable#5,678#900
  3. 2,034Eliana#2,484#450
  4. 1,497Shatara#2,484#987
  5. 1,374Cherrelle#2,253#879
Fallers
  1. 442Violeta#963#1,405
  2. 361Micaela#545#906
  3. 361Tasia#572#933
  4. 324Jo#925#1,249
  5. 306Tammie#987#1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 230,189 of them was named Hanna, which outranked 38.0% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hanna
  1. #4,457Zedrick9
  2. #4,457Zephaniah9
  3. #4,457Ziyad9
  4. #4,853Hanna8
  5. #4,853Abdel8
  6. #4,853Abelino8
  7. #4,853Abimael8
  8. #5,332Aaren7
  9. #5,332Abdurrahman7
  10. #5,332Abed7

Tied with 478 names at #4,853; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 1,279Spenser#2,226#947
  2. 920Jayce#1,614#694
  3. 714Addison#1,228#514
  4. 649Payton#1,614#965
  5. 573Cordell#1,181#608
Fallers
  1. 409Ulises#877#1,286
  2. 365Eliot#934#1,299
  3. 322Jordy#998#1,320
  4. 313Trace#956#1,269
  5. 292Kennith#963#1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1986