Hadassah

Gender: Girl
Say it: ha-DASS-a
Origin: Hebrew
UK rank, 2025: #1,186 for girls
US rank, 2025: #569 for girls

Hadassah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “myrtle”. In 2025 it ranked 1,186th for girls in the UK (29 babies) and 569th for girls in the US (529 babies).

What does Hadassah mean?

Hebrew

“myrtle”

The Hebrew name of Queen Esther in the Bible, from the word for myrtle.

Is Hadassah a girl's or a boy's name?

Hadassah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the UK and 529 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Hadassah in the UK?

Rank in 2025: 1,186th among girls
Babies in 2025: 29 about 1 in 9,600 girls
Five-year trend: Rising up 30% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were named Hadassah, making it the 1,186th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 38 girls.

Half of all the girls named Hadassah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 33 girls in the UK were given Hadassah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #977, up from #1,186 for this spelling alone.

Hadassah 29
Hadasa 4

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,133rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 38 in 20162025

Hadassah in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	29	#1,186
2024	26	#1,321
2023	35	#1,051
2022	19	#1,667
2021	10	#2,658
2020	20	#1,587
2019	23	#1,439
2018	26	#1,335
2017	17	#1,833
2016	38	#1,014
2015	17	#1,813
2014	17	#1,810
2013	25	#1,402
2012	14	#2,103
2011	14	#2,032
2010	19	#1,635
2009	9	#2,695
2008	10	#2,454
2007	18	#1,544
2006	7	#2,940
2005	9	#2,360
2004	3	#4,789
2003	9	#2,109
2002	6	#2,691
2001	6	#2,587
2000	6	#2,554
1999	6	#2,559
1998	3	#4,026
1997	7	#2,281
1996	5	#2,815

How popular is Hadassah in the US?

Rank in 2025: 569th among girls
Babies in 2025: 529 about 1 in 3,000 girls
Five-year trend: Rising up 28% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 529 girls in the US were named Hadassah, making it the 569th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 669th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 577 girls. It first appears in the records in 1910.

Half of all the girls named Hadassah in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 551 girls in the US were given Hadassah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #547, up from #569 for this spelling alone.

Hadassah 529
Hadasa 22

1910Busiest: 577 in 20242025

Hadassah in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	529	#569
2024	577	#530
2023	488	#612
2022	489	#609
2021	418	#691
2020	427	#669
2019	429	#674
2018	390	#728
2017	399	#720
2016	445	#656
2015	405	#703
2014	403	#700
2013	359	#755
2012	321	#834
2011	342	#790
2010	324	#827
2009	295	#917
2008	276	#970
2007	268	#995
2006	150	#1,473
2005	142	#1,479
2004	102	#1,854
2003	102	#1,822
2002	82	#2,078
2001	94	#1,857
2000	81	#2,030
1999	71	#2,130
1998	69	#2,101
1997	61	#2,226
1996	48	#2,587
1995	50	#2,511
1994	37	#3,093
1993	38	#3,047
1992	46	#2,645
1991	45	#2,654
1990	28	#3,709
1989	33	#3,159
1988	29	#3,301
1987	27	#3,328
1986	26	#3,358
1985	44	#2,282
1984	18	#4,165
1983	13	#5,147
1982	13	#5,207
1981	14	#4,962
1980	16	#4,516
1979	15	#4,625
1978	17	#4,079
1977	13	#4,941
1976	13	#4,612
1975	8	#6,482
1974	8	#6,257
1973	13	#4,361
1972	14	#4,091
1971	7	#6,617
1970	11	#4,760
1969	0	–
1968	0	–
1967	5	#6,803
1966	0	–
1965	6	#5,816
1964	0	–
1963	0	–
1962	0	–
1961	5	#6,566
1960	0	–
1959	8	#4,624
1958	0	–
1957	0	–
1956	7	#4,836
1955	6	#5,207
1954	6	#5,146
1953	0	–
1952	5	#5,561
1951	0	–
1950	6	#4,736
1949	0	–
1948	8	#3,881
1947	0	–
1946	0	–
1945	0	–
1944	5	#4,572
1943	0	–
1942	0	–
1941	0	–
1940	0	–
1939	0	–
1938	0	–
1937	6	#3,798
1936	0	–
1935	0	–
1934	0	–
1933	0	–
1932	5	#4,409
1931	0	–
1930	7	#3,656
1929	0	–
1928	0	–
1927	0	–
1926	0	–
1925	0	–
1924	6	#4,432
1923	5	#4,966
1922	5	#5,007
1921	0	–
1920	7	#3,955
1919	0	–
1918	6	#4,289
1917	6	#4,081
1916	5	#4,415
1915	0	–
1914	0	–
1913	0	–
1912	0	–
1911	0	–
1910	5	#2,398

Names like Hadassah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Aaliyah, Safa, Nusaybah, Zainab, Hafsa, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Ayah, Hiba, Aaminah, Umaymah, Safiya

Other spellings of Hadassah

Hadasa

Names related to Hadassah

Hadassa, Hadasha, Hadasah, Hadessah

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias

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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, “Hadassah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hadassah, updated 20 October 2026.