Hebrew Channah, "grace" — grace; favour. The mother of the prophet Samuel; a Puritan favourite and a palindrome.
Hannah ranks 56th among American girls in 2025, with 3,973 born that year. Its best year was 2000, when 23,112 babies were given the name, ranking 2nd. The typical living American called Hannah is about 25 years old today. It is relatively most common in Wyoming, where it accounts for 0.47% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.