Hannibal was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).
Hannibal as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#10,695 (6)
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2024
#8,312 (9)
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2023
#7,289 (11)
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2021
#5,110 (18)
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2020
#5,980 (14)
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2019
#6,406 (13)
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2018
#5,540 (16)
#4,749 (3)
2017
#6,685 (12)
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2016
#5,318 (17)
#4,810 (3)
2015
#4,890 (19)
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2014
#5,252 (17)
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2013
#8,789 (8)
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2012
#6,306 (13)
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2011
#5,675 (15)
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2010
#9,693 (7)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1899 at #1,051.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1885.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.