Hanaa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ha-NAA
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Hanaa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “happiness, bliss”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Hanaa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Hana
“happiness, bliss”
Spelling that reflects the Arabic Hana', happiness or bliss.
Is Hanaa a girl's or a boy's name?
Hanaa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hanaa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Hanaa, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 27 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hanaa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Hanaa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Hanaa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Hanaa, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Hanaa than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Hanaa in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hanaa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
Names like Hanaa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Ayah, Zainab, Huda, Safaa, Aaliyah, Rahma, Khadija, Halima, Haya
Names related to Hanaa
Hannah, Hana, Hanna, Haniya, Hania, Hanan, Haaniya, Hannan, Han, Hannia
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Hanaa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hanaa, updated 20 October 2026.