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Hannah

Girl

Origin of the name

Hannah comes from the Hebrew Ḥanah, from ḥan, “grace, favor.” It is the Hebrew form of Anne.

Short-lived name

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2000 was its best year: 23,087 births, or 1 baby in 164. The decline was steep: births are now 82% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 56. 34% of all babies named Hannah since 1880 were born in the 1990s.
465,685births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 2rank at its peak, in 2000

Where babies named Hannah are born

2000

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The darker the blue, the more common Hannah is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Hannah is most common in Alaska (2.1 times), New Hampshire (2) and Vermont (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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