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Hanna

Gender
Girl
Say it
HAN-a
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#347 for girls
US rank, 2025
#511 for girls

Hanna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace, favour”. In 2025 it ranked 347th for girls in the UK (137 babies) and 511th for girls in the US (580 babies).

What does Hanna mean?

Hebrew: European spelling of Hannah

“grace, favour”

The usual spelling of Hannah in Germany, Scandinavia, Poland and Finland.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Hanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 137 girls in the UK and 580 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Hanna in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#347among girls
Babies in 2025
137about 1 in 2,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 54% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 137 girls in the UK were named Hanna, making it the 347th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 179th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 466 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Hanna than any year since 2006.

Half of all the girls named Hanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 686 girls in the UK were given Hanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #88, up from #347 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 352nd in England and Wales, 387th in Scotland and 231st in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 466 in 20162025
Hanna in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025137#347
2024171#289
2023195#255
2022252#215
2021265#213
2020314#179
2019404#145
2018383#155
2017424#143
2016466#134
2015392#157
2014393#160
2013341#173
2012311#186
2011274#208
2010244#232
2009212#254
2008208#263
2007162#315
200696#458
2005105#407
2004114#368
200392#426
200289#413
2001105#354
2000106#355
1999105#346
199885#414
199787#418
199691#397

How popular is Hanna in the US?

Rank in 2025
#511among girls
Babies in 2025
580about 1 in 2,800 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 580 girls in the US were named Hanna, making it the 511th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 528th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 1,912 girls.

Half of all the girls named Hanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 4,564 girls in the US were given Hanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #58, up from #511 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 1,912 in 20002025
Hanna in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025580#511
2024608#504
2023579#524
2022569#543
2021551#556
2020571#528
2019569#540
2018554#561
2017577#536
2016585#533
2015597#525
2014648#486
2013818#378
2012916#347
2011666#455
2010579#516
2009717#440
2008892#366
20071,036#322
20061,226#268
20051,343#244
20041,426#230
20031,549#212
20021,653#194
20011,758#186
20001,912#171
19991,878#168
19981,898#165
19971,699#178
19961,422#206
19951,377#210
19941,187#236
19931,005#275
1992948#291
1991886#308
1990778#344
1989662#381
1988414#532
1987376#535
1986281#656
1985241#715
1984253#672
1983246#689
1982146#1,010
1981142#1,017
1980112#1,189
1979101#1,261
197896#1,275
197778#1,429
197650#1,840
197547#1,906
197435#2,254
197340#2,019
197225#2,747
197122#3,062
197023#2,938
196922#2,843
196822#2,708
196723#2,558
196613#3,557
196524#2,463
196420#2,824
196322#2,618
196218#2,921
196126#2,358
196021#2,648
195919#2,677
195811#3,746
195722#2,415
195616#2,928
195518#2,634
195416#2,778
195317#2,594
195214#2,920
195120#2,244
195022#2,052
194914#2,725
194818#2,328
194720#2,199
194610#3,216
194512#2,597
194417#2,095
194315#2,351
194220#1,916
194119#1,882
194018#1,899
193919#1,797
193815#2,113
193714#2,196
193613#2,262
193517#1,917
193411#2,566
193316#1,970
193222#1,634
193121#1,685
193018#1,933
192919#1,891
192821#1,836
192720#1,934
192625#1,666
192526#1,646
192434#1,409
192329#1,520
192228#1,575
192121#1,927
192036#1,282
191935#1,297
191842#1,153
191746#1,040
191634#1,227
191542#1,025
191429#1,119
191331#961
191222#1,117
191124#875
191030#781
190920#909
190827#742
190728#710
190621#793
190513#1,057
190428#653
190319#789
190224#688
190115#857
190022#780
189930#550
189834#544
189730#537
189638#467
189537#480
189420#664
189322#614
189221#616
189127#497
189033#446
188926#486
188838#394
188727#424
188627#416
188514#576
188421#438
188321#411
188224#360
188117#405
188025#317

Nicknames for Hanna

Names like Hanna

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

Ava Eliza Isabella Bella Sara Hallie Alba Zara Gabriella Luna Eliana Gianna

Other spellings of Hanna

Hannah Hanah

Names related to Hanna

Hana Haniya Hania Hanan Haneen Hanaa Hannan Han Henna

More Hebrew names

Noah Elijah James Jack Mia Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie

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