Hanah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAN-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Hanah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace, favour”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Hanah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Hannah; from Hebrew Channah
“grace, favour”
In the Bible, Hannah prays for a child and becomes the mother of the prophet Samuel.
Meaning borrowed from Hannah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Hanah a girl's or a boy's name?
Hanah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hanah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Hanah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hanah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 686 girls in the UK were given Hanah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #88, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Hanah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,317 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Hanah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Hanah, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2001, with 118 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Hanah in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,564 girls in the US were given Hanah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #58, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Hanah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,315 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,647 |
| 2006 | 98 | #2,016 |
| 2005 | 72 | #2,432 |
| 2004 | 88 | #2,065 |
| 2003 | 96 | #1,895 |
| 2002 | 105 | #1,730 |
| 2001 | 118 | #1,572 |
| 2000 | 113 | #1,569 |
| 1999 | 108 | #1,558 |
| 1998 | 88 | #1,771 |
| 1997 | 81 | #1,825 |
| 1996 | 89 | #1,700 |
| 1995 | 87 | #1,680 |
| 1994 | 76 | #1,857 |
| 1993 | 61 | #2,171 |
| 1992 | 50 | #2,508 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,654 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,794 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,471 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Nicknames for Hanah
- Han 3 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Hanah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hibah Aaliyah Zainab Farah Safa Summer Hiba Hadassah Ayah Hafsa Sumayyah Huda
Other spellings of Hanah
Names related to Hanah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Hanah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hanah, updated 20 October 2026.