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How popular is the name Hannah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Hannahs are alive today.
Hannah (female) sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 105th in 2025 with 439 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1994, when around 7,400 babies were given the name, the 5th most popular that year. Hannah's popularity is double-peaked: popular in the early 1900s, having dropped out of the published rankings in between, and stronger still at its peak in the 1990s. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 170,000 babies have been named Hannah in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Hannah is one spelling of a name also recorded as Hana and Hanna; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Common short forms of Hannah include Hanna.
Across all spellings of the name, the Hannah you are most likely to meet is around 32 years old. Half of all Hannahs born in England and Wales are between 23 and 38, and there are at least 160,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 40% chance that at least one of them will be called Hannah.
How many babies are named Hannah each year?
Includes all spellings: Hannah, Hana, Hanna. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Hannah spelling rank?
Where does the Hana spelling rank?
Where does the Hanna spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Hannah most popular?
Hannah peaked in 1994, when around 7,400 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Hannah?
At least 160,000 people named Hannah in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Hannah?
Most living Hannahs are between 23 and 38; the most common age is about 32.
Is Hannah becoming more or less popular?
Reviving: it has returned to the top 100 after time away.