Hadassa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ha-DAH-sa
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,692 for girls
Hadassa is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “myrtle”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 1,692nd for girls in the US (121 babies).
What does Hadassa mean?
Hebrew: form of Hadassah
“myrtle”
In the Bible Hadassah is the Hebrew name of Queen Esther.
Is Hadassa a girl's or a boy's name?
Hadassa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 121 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hadassa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Hadassa, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hadassa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Hadassa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
How popular is Hadassa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,692among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 121about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 108% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 121 girls in the US were named Hadassa, making it the 1,692nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,850th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 131 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Hadassa in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hadassa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 121 | #1,692 |
| 2024 | 131 | #1,598 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,946 |
| 2022 | 100 | #1,961 |
| 2021 | 78 | #2,327 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,850 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,651 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,292 |
| 2017 | 69 | #2,546 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 75 | #2,431 |
| 2014 | 71 | #2,515 |
| 2013 | 55 | #3,004 |
| 2012 | 61 | #2,831 |
| 2011 | 70 | #2,554 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,255 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,157 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
Names like Hadassa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Abeeha Halima Zainab Aaliyah Amira Hawa Khadija Huda Rahma
Names related to Hadassa
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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, “Hadassa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hadassa, updated 20 October 2026.