Hanna Girl

How popular is Hanna?

#511 girl name in 2025

580 baby girls were named Hanna in the US in 2025, making it the 511th most popular girl name.

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40,078living people named Hanna (est.)
25median age of people named Hanna
42,137babies named Hanna since 1880
1 in 5,716US babies born in 2025

Hanna popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#511 for girls (▼ 7 from 2024)
Babies in 2025580 girls
10-year trendSteady (-3% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#525 in 2015, #528 in 2020
Peak year2000 (1,912 girls)
Highest rank#165 in 1998
First recorded1880
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Hanna counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Hannah family of names ranked #52 for girls in 2025 (#49 the year before), with 5,000 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Hannah 3,973 79%
Hanna 580 12%
Hana 436 9%
Hanah 11 0%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Hanna is most popular

Babies named Hanna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Nevada: 0.7 per 1,000 (33 girls)
  2. New Jersey: 0.6 per 1,000 (111 girls)
  3. New York: 0.6 per 1,000 (238 girls)
  4. Illinois: 0.5 per 1,000 (125 girls)
  5. Washington: 0.5 per 1,000 (77 girls)

Hanna by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1880s240#317
1890s292#446
1900s217#653
1910s335#781
1920s259#1,282
1930s166#1,634
1940s163#1,882
1950s175#2,052
1960s211#2,358
1970s517#1,261
1980s2,873#381
1990s13,078#165
2000s13,512#171
2010s6,509#347
2020s3,458#504

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Questions

Is Hanna a boy or girl name?
Hanna is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Hanna were girls.
How popular is the name Hanna?
580 baby girls were named Hanna in the US in 2025, making it the 511th most popular girl name.
When was Hanna most popular?
Hanna peaked in 2000, when 1,912 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #165 in 1998.
How many people are named Hanna?
42,137 babies have been named Hanna in the US since 1880. We estimate about 40,078 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
Where is Hanna most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Hanna was most common in Nevada, at 0.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.