Hadassah

What Hadassah means

Means “myrtle”

Borrowed from Hebrew הֲדַסָּה (“myrtle”), the Hebrew name of Esther in the Hebrew Bible.

Source: Wiktionary, “Hadassah” (revision 69557156), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Hadassah?

US: Rising: up from #703 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1865 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 577 girls got the name (#530 that year). First in the US records in 1910.

How common

• About 1 in 3,038 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 8,734 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (1.52 per 1,000 girls), MD (0.8 per 1,000 girls), PA (0.75 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Hadassah is #569 in the US and #1133 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Hadassah were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Hadassa121 US · 9 E&W
• Hadasa22 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Hadassah

Girls

• Delilah#51Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #115 in 2015, #51 in 2025
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”^*
• Lilah#179Editor’s note Up from #314 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Selah#216“to hang”^*

For a brother

• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Gideon#337Editor’s note Down from #327 in 2015 to #337 in 2025 in the US
• Asa#483“physician, doctor, healer”^*
• Micah#90“who is like Yahweh”^*
• Eden#544possibly “steppe, garden”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Hadassah’s. Rank is US 2025.