Hananiah
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- han-uh-NY-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Hananiah is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has been gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Hananiah mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“God has been gracious”
In the Book of Daniel, Hananiah is the Hebrew name of Shadrach, saved from the fiery furnace.
Is Hananiah a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Hananiah has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Hananiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Hananiah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006. 12 boys were also named Hananiah in 2025 (6,799th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Hananiah than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Hananiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hananiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
Nicknames for Hananiah
- Hana 351 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Hananiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah, Azariah, Azariyah, Zaniyah, Zaliyah, Salem, Naziyah, Zamira, Hadassa, Aaliyah, Kaliyah, Sariyah
Names related to Hananiah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Hananiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hananiah, updated 20 October 2026.