Hannah
Pronounced HH AE1 N AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2000
- 145 years in use
- Biblical
- Palindrome
- 2 spellings
How popular is Hannah?
Hannah is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 518,884 children — the 72nd most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 43% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2000, when 25,509 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Hanna and Hana — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Hannah and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Hanna
- Hana
Characteristics
- Biblical (Person)
- Palindrome
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- HH AE1 N AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Hannah
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Hannah
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Hannah?
- Hannah ranks 72nd among girls' names in US records, with 518,884 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 61,590.
- Is Hannah a unisex name?
- No. Hannah is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Hannah most popular?
- 2000, when 25,509 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Hannah spelled?
- Hanna, Hana. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.