Hannibal
About Hannibal
These days, it's thought of less as the name of the great general and more as the first name of Lecter the fictional cannibal. Either association is too heavy for a child to bear.
Pronounced HAN-uh-bul.
As of October 2026, Hannibal ranked #11151 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1004 in 1885.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #4,943 | 19 | 9.9 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Hannibal on lists
Famous Hannibals
- Hannibal
Carthaginian general who hounded Rome in the Second Punic War (218,201 BC)
- Hannibal Hamlin
15th Vice President of the US (1861,5)
- Hannibal Amir Buress
American comedian
- Hannibal Lokumbe (born Marvin Peterson)
American jazz trumpeter
- St. Hannibal Mary di Francia
Italian Saint of the Roman Catholic Church and Rogationist
- (Hannibal) Hamlin Garland
American novelist and short story writer
- Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi
son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi
- Hannibal Ingalls Kimball
American businessman
- Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur
Australian colonialist and businessman
- Hannibal Navies
American NFL player
- Hannibal Sehested
Danish Governor,general of Norway
- Hannibal Penney
American actor best known for playing Dr. Clem Moultrie in the 1975 show “Ryan’s Hope”.
- Hannibal Lanham
American calisthenics athlete and YouTuber, under the name “Hannibal For King”.
Hannibal in pop culture
- Hannibal Lecter
character in a series of horror novels and films by Thomas Harris
- Hannibal Smith
played by Liam Neeson in "The A,Team"
- Hannibal Chollop
from "Martin Chuzzlewit" (1844) by Charles Dickens
- Hannibal King
Detective character in the Marvel comics
- Hannibal
an elephant character in the 'Heroes Of Olympus' series
- Hannibal Bates aka Everyman
character on TV's "The Flash"
- Hannibal Niccals
Murdoc of the Brit band Gorillaz's brother.