Hannah
The 2025 national count puts Hannah at #56, sitting where it has sat for years. Its record runs from 1880 through a 2000 peak, 465,685 children in all.
What Hannah carries
Hannah · Hebrew
“grace”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Hannah’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Hannah, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Hannah since 1880
Hannah peaked in 2000 at #2; #56 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Hannah is most common
Among the states, Hannah takes its largest share in Wyoming, 1.11% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with Rhode Island and District of Columbia next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Hannah
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Isaiah
#57 in 2025 · Hebrew
Caleb
#58 in 2025 · Hebrew
Nathan
#63 in 2025 · Hebrew
Joshua
#66 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isaac
#47 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jacob
#43 in 2025 · Hebrew
Aaron
#80 in 2025 · Hebrew
Gabriel
#37 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Hannah
Where does Hannah rank right now?
The 2025 national count puts Hannah at #56, sitting where it has sat for years. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What is the recorded meaning of Hannah?
The gloss on record reads “grace”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Hannah?
Nearest by the published recipe: Isaiah, Caleb and Nathan. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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