girl's name

Hanah

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 2,429

Hanah is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2001, when 118 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 301,477 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1977.

Hanah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Hanah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 5
1980s 175
1990s 726
2000s 838
2010s 244
2020s (to 2025) 69

How popular is Hanah?

In 2025, Hanah was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Hanah is used

Canada #3,671 5 in 2023
France #6,307 5 in 2024
England & Wales #6,888 3 in 2025
United States #9,051 11 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Hanah

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Hanah also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Hanah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Hanah

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Hanah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Hanah

How popular is the name Hanah?

In 2025, Hanah was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Hanah a girl's or a boy's name?

Hanah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Hanah most popular?

Hanah peaked in 2001, when 118 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Hanah a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Hanah currently ranks #6,888 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.