Hannah
Hannah is ranked 52nd among girls in 2024 (4,054 births). Its best rank was 2nd, in 1998–2000.
- Rank in 2024
- #52down 4 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4,0540.25% of girls
- Peak year
- 200023,087 births
- Best rank
- #2first in 1998
- Since 1880
- 461,647people given the name
The story in the numbers
461,647 girls have been named Hannah in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 23,087 births — 1.3% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 28 → 52).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 1990s alone account for 34%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 40 of them in the top 100 and 13 in the top 10.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Hannah | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,480 | |
| 1890s | 3,021 | |
| 1900s | 2,605 | |
| 1910s | 4,465 | |
| 1920s | 3,811 | |
| 1930s | 2,126 | |
| 1940s | 1,777 | |
| 1950s | 1,447 | |
| 1960s | 1,369 | |
| 1970s | 4,548 | |
| 1980s | 32,703 | |
| 1990s | 158,814 | |
| 2000s | 155,775 | |
| 2010s | 64,493 | |
| 2020s | 22,213 |
In 2000, its biggest year
Hannah was the 2nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2000 were Emily, Hannah, Madison, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Hannah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hannapeak 2000
- Savanahpeak 1998
- Shivanipeak 1998
- Briannapeak 2000
- Aziapeak 1999
- Yasminepeak 1999
- Jonaepeak 1999
- Hanahpeak 2001
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.