NameTides

Hannah

Hannah was the #56 girls' name in the US in 2025 (3,973 babies), and #105 in England & Wales and #35 in Canada.

Hannah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Hannah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Hannah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#56 (3,973)#105 (439)#64 (64)#42 (43)#21 (168)#35 (509)#73 (99)#51 (116)
2024#52 (4,078)#107 (443)#66 (63)#57 (34)#20 (179)#28 (575)#61 (109)#61 (105)
2023#48 (4,127)#94 (515)#54 (77)#36 (51)#12 (226)#28 (589)#54 (123)#49 (112)
2022#47 (4,490)#98 (501)#39 (101)#31 (56)#13 (248)#32 (591)#58 (127)#45 (129)
2021#44 (4,590)#89 (588)#34 (119)#34 (55)#13 (238)#26 (694)#39 (179)#41 (142)
2020#39 (4,972)#75 (708)#22 (152)#26 (66)#7 (265)#21 (706)#29 (201)#28 (171)
2019#32 (5,644)#68 (786)#27 (140)#24 (78)#5 (321)#16 (817)#33 (183)#24 (208)
2018#33 (5,680)#62 (849)#33 (125)#21 (86)#11 (304)#16 (824)#29 (212)#23 (174)
2017#32 (5,934)#57 (998)#19 (199)#19 (93)#7 (338)#15 (875)#28 (213)#22 (193)
2016#33 (6,038)#57 (1,033)#24 (176)#24 (84)#9 (351)#23 (798)#28 (230)#31 (145)
2015#28 (6,434)#55 (1,090)#24 (180)#22 (98)#12 (338)#20 (817)#28 (225)#33 (128)
2014#28 (6,593)#59 (1,061)#26 (187)#16 (117)#13 (337)#20 (832)#23 (255)#25 (154)
2013#23 (7,307)#44 (1,243)#27 (177)#22 (99)#14 (340)#20 (840)#22 (248)#25 (165)
2012#22 (7,293)#42 (1,357)#20 (225)#21 (114)#13 (368)#21 (813)#19 (269)#20 (196)
2011#25 (6,584)#41 (1,462)#24 (222)#22 (122)#17 (349)#24 (742)#19 (252)#20 (165)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2000 at #2.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 400common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 580common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 280common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 170very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 130very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 290common

Next year

On its recent trend, Hannah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 420 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 410 to 1 in 430.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Hannah by state, 2025Alaska: #90AKMaine: #131MEWisconsin: #67WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #45NHWashington: #74WAIdaho: #74IDMontana: #71MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #50MNIllinois: #56ILMichigan: #66MINew York: #44NYMassachusetts: #50MAOregon: #86ORNevada: #69NVWyoming: #24WYSouth Dakota: #73SDIowa: #78IAIndiana: #52INOhio: #71OHPennsylvania: #44PANew Jersey: #25NJConnecticut: #47CTRhode Island: #26RICalifornia: #66CAUtah: #86UTColorado: #53CONebraska: #110NEMissouri: #90MOKentucky: #84KYWest Virginia: #154WVVirginia: #46VAMaryland: #35MDDelaware: #82DEArizona: #77AZNew Mexico: #69NMKansas: #58KSArkansas: #112ARTennessee: #63TNNorth Carolina: #67NCSouth Carolina: #79SCDistrict of Columbia: #51DCOklahoma: #64OKLouisiana: #162LAMississippi: #133MSAlabama: #84ALGeorgia: #62GAHawaii: #92HITexas: #58TXFlorida: #49FL
Hannah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#20280
Quebec2025#21727

Hannah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HannahCanadaGirls#35509
HannahEngland & WalesGirls#105439
HannahIrelandGirls#21168
HannahNorthern IrelandGirls#4243
HannahNSWGirls#7399
HannahScotlandGirls#6464
HannahUSGirls#563,973
HannahUSBoys—too few
HannahVICGirls#51116