Chana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #686 for girls
Chana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace, favour”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 686th for girls in the US (413 babies).
What does Chana mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Hannah
“grace, favour”
The Hebrew form of Hannah, the mother of the prophet Samuel in the Bible.
Is Chana a girl's or a boy's name?
Chana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 413 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Chana, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 25 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Chana than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Chana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 364 girls in the UK were given Chana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #176, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
- Hana 351
- Chana 13
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Chana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,360 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,711 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,755 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,369 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 18 | #1,204 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 21 | #1,065 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,505 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Chana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #686among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 413about 1 in 3,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 413 girls in the US were named Chana, making it the 686th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 782nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 432 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.
Half of all the girls named Chana in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 849 girls in the US were given Chana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #391, up from #686 for this spelling alone.
- Hana 436
- Chana 413
Chana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 413 | #686 |
| 2024 | 432 | #670 |
| 2023 | 394 | #715 |
| 2022 | 347 | #808 |
| 2021 | 352 | #800 |
| 2020 | 347 | #782 |
| 2019 | 354 | #784 |
| 2018 | 370 | #747 |
| 2017 | 319 | #856 |
| 2016 | 373 | #765 |
| 2015 | 331 | #847 |
| 2014 | 319 | #862 |
| 2013 | 351 | #775 |
| 2012 | 330 | #811 |
| 2011 | 314 | #841 |
| 2010 | 337 | #811 |
| 2009 | 347 | #814 |
| 2008 | 289 | #939 |
| 2007 | 258 | #1,024 |
| 2006 | 280 | #935 |
| 2005 | 259 | #953 |
| 2004 | 261 | #924 |
| 2003 | 218 | #1,048 |
| 2002 | 231 | #959 |
| 2001 | 227 | #959 |
| 2000 | 209 | #1,009 |
| 1999 | 209 | #984 |
| 1998 | 196 | #1,014 |
| 1997 | 212 | #939 |
| 1996 | 164 | #1,104 |
| 1995 | 173 | #1,039 |
| 1994 | 174 | #1,046 |
| 1993 | 168 | #1,079 |
| 1992 | 170 | #1,066 |
| 1991 | 151 | #1,157 |
| 1990 | 173 | #1,034 |
| 1989 | 194 | #923 |
| 1988 | 163 | #1,003 |
| 1987 | 194 | #877 |
| 1986 | 182 | #896 |
| 1985 | 185 | #863 |
| 1984 | 191 | #821 |
| 1983 | 160 | #929 |
| 1982 | 185 | #842 |
| 1981 | 189 | #831 |
| 1980 | 165 | #913 |
| 1979 | 136 | #1,030 |
| 1978 | 170 | #865 |
| 1977 | 148 | #936 |
| 1976 | 170 | #818 |
| 1975 | 107 | #1,094 |
| 1974 | 113 | #1,048 |
| 1973 | 101 | #1,109 |
| 1972 | 91 | #1,181 |
| 1971 | 80 | #1,336 |
| 1970 | 77 | #1,354 |
| 1969 | 73 | #1,325 |
| 1968 | 63 | #1,418 |
| 1967 | 53 | #1,537 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,827 |
| 1965 | 58 | #1,448 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,635 |
| 1963 | 55 | #1,508 |
| 1962 | 63 | #1,395 |
| 1961 | 71 | #1,318 |
| 1960 | 90 | #1,146 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,793 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,580 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,149 |
| 1956 | 25 | #2,193 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,518 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,933 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,910 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
Names like Chana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden Mia Ava Eliana Lara Raya Maya Fatima Gianna Kiara Sienna Aisha
Other spellings of Chana
Names related to Chana
Chani Ciana Channah Chyna China Ceana Chiana Chany Cana Chaney Chanie
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chana, updated 20 October 2026.