Hannah
Top 1000
About Hannah
Hannah is one of the nation's top biblical girls' names — it surpassed Sarah in 1998, and ranks in the Top 100 along with Elizabeth, Abigail, Chloe, and Naomi. Hannah is a name with many sources of appeal: Old Testament roots, soft and gentle sound, and a homey yet aristocratic image.
Hannah originated as a variation of the Hebrew name Channah, derived from the word channan, meaning "grace." In the Old Testament, Hannah is the mother of Samuel.
Names including Anne, Anna, Nancy, Anya, Annika, and Annabel are all related to Hannah. Alternate spellings such as Hana, Hanna, and Chana are also used.
The TV show Hannah Montana was a huge TV teen sensation from 2006 to 2011, and more recently was the name Lena Dunham chose for her own character in her hit series Girls. Hannah Baker is a central character on the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why.
Hannah is also a name that in its varied versions, which include Hana and Hanna, has roots in many cultures, from Hebrew to Arabic, European to Asian. All in all, Hannah is still a wonderful, if widely used, name.
Pronounced HAN-uh.
As of October 2026, Hannah ranked #56 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2 in 2000, Nameberry popularity #160.
Editor's take: The name Hannah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #28 | 6,593 | 3,690.8 |
| 2015 | #28 | 6,432 | 3,603.2 |
| 2016 | #33 | 6,036 | 3,406.3 |
| 2017 | #32 | 5,932 | 3,435.9 |
| 2018 | #33 | 5,680 | 3,339.1 |
| 2019 | #32 | 5,641 | 3,361 |
| 2020 | #39 | 4,966 | 3,072 |
| 2021 | #44 | 4,588 | 2,796.1 |
| 2022 | #47 | 4,488 | 2,736.4 |
| 2023 | #48 | 4,117 | 2,565.8 |
| 2024 | #52 | 4,054 | 2,502.2 |
| 2025 | #56 | 3,973 | 2,471.9 |
World rankings
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- Laura
- Allison
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Hannah on lists
Famous Hannahs
- Johanna "Hannah" Cohn Arendt
German,American political theorist
- Hannah Blessing Wood
American actress; sister of Elijah Wood
- Hannah Campbell Grant Gordon
Scottish actress
- Hannah Wilke (born Arlene Hannah Butter)
American painter
- Hannah Primrose
Countess of Rosebery, one,time richest woman in Britain
- Hannah Hoes Van Buren
First Lady of the U.S. as wife of President Martin Van Buren
- Hannah Teter
American snowboarder
- (Hannah) Dakota Fanning
American actress
- Hannah Simone
Canadian Actress
- Hannah Rose Ware
English model and actress
- Hannah Trigwell
English singer
- Hannah Tinti
American novelist
- Hannah Angela Kearney
American Olympic mogul skier
- Hannah Cohen
American singer
- Hannah Lynn Storm
American TV journalist
- Hannah Szenes
British World War II paratrooper
- Hannah Louise Spearitt
English actress
- Hannah Davis
American fashion model
- Hannah Georgas
Canadian singer
- Hannah Maud Hart
American vlogger
- Anna Therese Johanne "Hannah" Hoch
German Dada artist
- Hannah Yelland (born Hannah Elizabeth Roberts)
British actress
- Hannah More
English religious author and philanthropist
- Hannah Kelsey Brown
American television personality
- Hannah Jacklin
American child model; twin sister Hayden Jacklin
- Hannah Gibson
daughter of actor Mel Gibson
- Hannah Joy Gosselin
daughter of American TV personalities Jon & Kate Gosselin
- Hannah Jane Shepherd (b. 1985)
daughter of actors Jessica Lange and Sam Shepherd
- Hannah Mali Rose
daughter of actress Sarah Drew
- Hannah Kathryn Hader
daughter of comedian Bill Hader
- Hannah Bolton Hooper
vocals and keyboard of American band Grouplove
- Hannah Marie Tointon
English actress
- Hannah Maria Wright
Contestant and overall winner on season 5 of Love Island USA
- Hannah Smith
Contestant on season 6 of Love Island USA
- Hannah Rose Fields
Contestant on season 7 of Love Island USA
Hannah in pop culture
- Hannah Abbott
character in the Harry Potter series
- Hannah Diamant
character in manga/anime "Attack on Titan"
- Hannah
character in the 2008 movie "Made of Honor"
- Hannah Rayburn
character on TV's "State of Grace"
- Hannah Baker
character in "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
- Hannah McKay
character on TV's "Dexter"
- Hannah Horvath
main character in HBO's show "Girls"
- Hannah Tupper
character in 'The Witch of Blackbird Pond'
- Hannah Baxter
from TV series "Secret Diary of a Call Girl"
- Hannah Javensen
character in "The Face on the Milk Carton"
- Hannah Jarvis
character in "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard
- Hannah Burley
character on TV series "Bones"
- Hannah Anafeloz
character in the manga/anime Kuroshitsuji /Black Butler
- Hannah Shepard
mother of player character Commander Shepard from the Mass Effect franchise, "Spacer" background
- Hannah Conroy Scott
character in This golden land, by Barbara Wood
- Hannah
the main character in the folk tale 'The Clever Girl'
- Hannah Rosso
character in the children's novel '10 Kids, No Pets', by Ann M Martin
- Hannah Washington
character in video game "Until Dawn"
- Hannah "Nana" Weaver
character in film "Crazy, Stupid, Love"
- Hannah "Narnie" Schroeder
character in "On the Jellicoe Road"
- "Hannah and Her Sisters
" 1986 movie
- "Hannah"
song by band SWMRS
- "Hannah Hunt"
song by band Vampire Weekend
- "Hannah Montana
" Disney TV series
- "Hannah Takes the Stairs
" 2007 movie
- Hannah Jelkes
character in Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana"
- Hannah Parker-Kent
character from “Just Add Magic”
- hannah foster
character from starkid musical “black friday”