Hanna
- Pronunciation
- [Ha-nna]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Arabic Form Of John (Gracious God)
- Origin
- Arabic
Hanna Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 132 baby boys have been named Hanna. The name peaked in 2004 with 15 US births that year (rank #5343).
Top States for Hanna
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Hanna births are: Kentucky (11).
Other Arabic-Origin Names Like Hanna
If you like Hanna's Arabic origin, consider these related names: Aaleyah, Aaliyah, Aban, Abbas, Abbud. Browse all Arabic names →
5-Letter Names Starting with H
Names with Hanna's exact length and starting letter: Haani, Habib, Hadad, Hadar, Haden.
Quick Facts About Hanna
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Hanna by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 1,912 girls named Hanna (girl rank #171 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #512 for girls (580 US births). That's 341 places below its 2000 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Hanna Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Hanna the strongest states are Connecticut, New York, New Jersey.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connecticut | #362 | 61 |
| 2 | New York | #373 | 443 |
| 3 | New Jersey | #383 | 195 |
| 4 | Nevada | #386 | 31 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | #410 | 127 |
| 6 | Illinois | #457 | 224 |
| 7 | California | #463 | 723 |
| 8 | Maryland | #485 | 98 |
| 9 | Florida | #494 | 342 |
| 10 | Texas | #503 | 605 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | #775 | 29 |
| 2 | Indiana | #761 | 77 |
| 3 | Ohio | #759 | 103 |
| 4 | Missouri | #733 | 46 |
| 5 | South Carolina | #732 | 41 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | #708 | 58 |
| 7 | Louisiana | #705 | 33 |
| 8 | Tennessee | #668 | 88 |
| 9 | North Carolina | #654 | 140 |
| 10 | Michigan | #653 | 130 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Hanna in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Hanna to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Hanna against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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