How common is the name Hannah?

402,723 people in the United States have the first name Hannah, about 1 in 750. It ranks #117 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HANNAH

#117

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
402,723
About
1 in 750
This common or more
32.7%
Who bears it

Of the 402,723 people named Hannah, 81% reported their origin as White, 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hannah peaked in 2000, when 23,112 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
23,112
In 2025*
3,973 ▼83%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 466,406 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Hannah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #24. The largest share of babies named Hannah, 51.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#1862,480
1890s#2093,021
1900s#2792,605
1910s#4514,470
1920s#6353,811
1930s#8232,126
1940s#1,0261,777
1950s#1,3881,447
1960s#1,5261,369
1970s#8164,550
1980s#18432,856
1990s#37159,027
2000s#24156,052
2010s#9064,567
2020s#12626,248
Before 19011.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.8%
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Generation X 1965–801.4%
Millennials 1981–9627.2%
Generation Z 1997–1251.6%
2013 and later15%

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 Hannah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hannah has been most common in Alaska (2.1×), New Hampshire (2×), and Vermont (1.6×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.53×).

454,128 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 Hannah

#115 Frank · 407,086#116 Ethan · 403,009#118 Teresa · 402,455#119 Taylor · 389,216

Spelled almost the same

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

#963 Hanna · 45,248#6,893 Hanah · 2,274

Also a last name

As a last name, Hannah ranks #1,831 of 156,621, with 19,206 people. See Hannah as a last name

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