Hannibal
Boy · HAN-ih-bul
Hannibal is a boys' name, meaning “grace of Baal”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Hannibal mean?
Phoenician (Punic)
“grace of Baal”
Borne by the Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with elephants to invade Roman Italy.
- Say it
- HAN-ih-bul
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Is Hannibal a girl's or a boy's name?
Hannibal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hannibal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Hannibal, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the boys named Hannibal in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hannibal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
Nicknames for Hannibal
- Hank 6 boys in the UK in 2025
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