Hana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAH-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #161 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #657 for girls
Hana is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “happiness, bliss”. In 2025 it ranked 161st for girls in the UK (351 babies) and 657th for girls in the US (436 babies).
What does Hana mean?
Arabic: Arabic name; also an unrelated Japanese name and a Czech form of Hannah
“happiness, bliss”
Also an unrelated Japanese name meaning flower, and the Czech and Croatian form of Hannah.
Is Hana a girl's or a boy's name?
Hana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 351 girls in the UK and 436 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #161among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 351about 1 in 790 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.8%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 351 girls in the UK were named Hana, making it the 161st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 221st.
2025 had the most girls named Hana of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Hana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 144th in England and Wales and 324th in Scotland.
Hana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 351 | #161 |
| 2024 | 257 | #204 |
| 2023 | 238 | #219 |
| 2022 | 242 | #222 |
| 2021 | 236 | #233 |
| 2020 | 240 | #221 |
| 2019 | 222 | #241 |
| 2018 | 218 | #250 |
| 2017 | 169 | #315 |
| 2016 | 204 | #275 |
| 2015 | 147 | #349 |
| 2014 | 164 | #312 |
| 2013 | 168 | #312 |
| 2012 | 200 | #277 |
| 2011 | 172 | #315 |
| 2010 | 151 | #337 |
| 2009 | 181 | #287 |
| 2008 | 173 | #302 |
| 2007 | 208 | #265 |
| 2006 | 179 | #289 |
| 2005 | 163 | #299 |
| 2004 | 167 | #282 |
| 2003 | 184 | #265 |
| 2002 | 179 | #254 |
| 2001 | 156 | #285 |
| 2000 | 133 | #303 |
| 1999 | 90 | #399 |
| 1998 | 84 | #419 |
| 1997 | 73 | #463 |
| 1996 | 61 | #499 |
How popular is Hana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #657among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 436about 1 in 3,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 436 girls in the US were named Hana, making it the 657th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 755th. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had the most girls named Hana of any year since it first appeared, in 1912.
Half of all the girls named Hana in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 849 girls in the US were given Hana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #391, up from #657 for this spelling alone.
- Hana 436
- Chana 413
Hana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 436 | #657 |
| 2024 | 396 | #709 |
| 2023 | 387 | #728 |
| 2022 | 404 | #725 |
| 2021 | 346 | #806 |
| 2020 | 360 | #755 |
| 2019 | 333 | #820 |
| 2018 | 390 | #728 |
| 2017 | 352 | #779 |
| 2016 | 336 | #845 |
| 2015 | 326 | #856 |
| 2014 | 329 | #840 |
| 2013 | 354 | #770 |
| 2012 | 316 | #844 |
| 2011 | 315 | #837 |
| 2010 | 316 | #848 |
| 2009 | 335 | #834 |
| 2008 | 343 | #828 |
| 2007 | 369 | #781 |
| 2006 | 391 | #720 |
| 2005 | 416 | #667 |
| 2004 | 393 | #691 |
| 2003 | 392 | #674 |
| 2002 | 411 | #621 |
| 2001 | 388 | #650 |
| 2000 | 391 | #640 |
| 1999 | 339 | #672 |
| 1998 | 296 | #736 |
| 1997 | 297 | #721 |
| 1996 | 221 | #892 |
| 1995 | 203 | #923 |
| 1994 | 216 | #887 |
| 1993 | 185 | #997 |
| 1992 | 156 | #1,129 |
| 1991 | 173 | #1,048 |
| 1990 | 149 | #1,150 |
| 1989 | 135 | #1,196 |
| 1988 | 107 | #1,333 |
| 1987 | 126 | #1,162 |
| 1986 | 121 | #1,171 |
| 1985 | 101 | #1,318 |
| 1984 | 76 | #1,502 |
| 1983 | 84 | #1,400 |
| 1982 | 74 | #1,584 |
| 1981 | 62 | #1,790 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,603 |
| 1979 | 43 | #2,248 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,572 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,976 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,657 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
Names like Hana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Khadija Amira Aisha Hafsa Zainab Ayah Hiba Raya Aaliyah Yusra Maya
Other spellings of Hana
Names related to Hana
Hannah Hanna Haniya Hania Hanan Hani Hanaa Hannan Han Hannia
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo Liyana
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, “Hana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hana, updated 20 October 2026.