How rare is the name Hadassah?

5,485 people in the United States have the first name Hadassah, about 1 in 55,065. It ranks #3,702 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HADASSAH

#3,702

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,485
About
1 in 55,065
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,485 people named Hadassah, 57.9% reported their origin as White, 17.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 14.8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hadassah peaked in 2024, when 577 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19102025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
577
In 2025*
529 ▼8%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,312 babies have been given the name since 1910. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Hadassah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,195. The largest share of babies named Hadassah, 61.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#8,01122
1920s#9,76523
1930s#9,04418
1940s#10,32613
1950s#8,90038
1960s#13,05816
1970s#7,441119
1980s#5,751233
1990s#4,295493
2000s#2,3961,592
2010s#1,3953,817
2020s#1,1952,928
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–801.6%
Millennials 1981–965.5%
Generation Z 1997–1229.9%
2013 and later61.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Hadassah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hadassah has been most common in New Jersey (3.5×), Florida (2.8×), and New York (1.9×), and least common in Kentucky (0.38×).

7,406 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Hadassah

#3,700 Alix · 5,491#3,700 Edson · 5,491#3,703 Kacy · 5,483#3,704 Callan · 5,479

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hadassah, most common first.

#12,045 Hadassa · 1,046#22,738 Hadasa · 435

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