Hanna

What Hanna means

Means “grace, gracious, graced with child”

Variant spelling of Hannah or romanization of Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ), chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Hanna” (revision 93942493), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Hanna?

US: Steady: #525 in 2015, #511 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #156 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1998, when 1,898 girls got the name (#165 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,771 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,076 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,236 baby girls in Scotland 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 NV (1.2 per 1,000 girls), NM (1.07 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.68 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Hanna is #511 in the US and #352 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 Hanna were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Hannah3,973 US · 439 E&W
• Hana436 US · 341 E&W
• Henny66 US · 6 E&W
• Henna36 US · 3 E&W
• Hina31 US · 7 E&W
• Hani15 US · 14 E&W
• Hanaa16 US · 12 E&W
• Hanny15 US

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 Hanna

Girls

• Michaela#841Feminine form of Michael, meaning “who is like God?”^*
• Jordan#584Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #262 in 2015, #584 in 2025
• Abby#731Diminutive of Abigail, meaning “my Father's joy”^*
• Maria#87Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1964, with 10,148 babies; 2,887 in 2025
• Gabriela#317Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 3,362 babies; 961 in 2025
• Anna#107Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #107 in 2025

For a brother

• Samuel#18“God has set or God has placed”^*
• Jared#396Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #396 vs #1,705 in 2025
• Seth#581“chosen one, appointed, placed”^*
• Nathaniel#140“God has given”^*
• Jacob#43“May He Heel”^*
• Ruben#480Editor’s note Down from #374 in 2015 to #480 in 2025 in the US

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 Hanna’s. Rank is US 2025.