Chanah
Girl · HAH-na · Hebrew
Chanah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace, favour”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Chanah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Chana; Hebrew form of Hannah
“grace, favour”
The Hebrew form of Hannah, the mother of the prophet Samuel in the Bible.
- Say it
- HAH-na
Meaning borrowed from Chana.
Is Chanah a girl's or a boy's name?
Chanah is a girls' name.
How popular is Chanah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Chanah in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chanah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Chanah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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