Chana
Usage of Chana in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Chana against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Chana is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Featured in baby name books
Chana is a Hebrew form of Hannah, meaning “grace” or “God’s favor.” Chana is pronounced much like Hannah with a throatier start, recalling the biblical mother of Samuel who long waited for a child.
Chana in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 413 girls were named Chana, making it the #686 girls' name in the US. Since 1944, 13,921 girls have been named Chana, with the most (432) in 2024. It is most common, relative to births, in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
| Where | Rank | Count | Source |
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| Canada (Quebec) | #669 girls | 6 | Retraite Québec (via Données Québec), 2025 |
| Israel | #10 girls | 856 | Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Israel - from the Population Register, 2024 |
| Israel | #8 girls (all ages) | 46,597 | Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Israel - from the Population Register, 1949-2024 |
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Chana in other languages
- Sebastiana Catalan, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
- Hana Arabic, Czech, Slovenian
- Channa Swedish
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Chana
There are 71 towns and villages with Chana in their name, in 18 countries.
🇹🇭 Thailand 20🇵🇰 Pakistan 19🇨🇳 China 5🇵🇪 Peru 5🇳🇬 Nigeria 4🇧🇴 Bolivia 3🇪🇸 Spain 2🇮🇳 India 2
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Chana | Chiapas, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 508 | Map |
| Chana | Luanda Norte, 🇦🇴 Angola | – | Map |
| Chana | Yunnan, 🇨🇳 China | – | Map |
| Chana | Tibet, 🇨🇳 China | – | Map |
| Chana | Tibet, 🇨🇳 China | – | Map |
| Chana | Tibet, 🇨🇳 China | – | Map |
| Chana | Tibet, 🇨🇳 China | – | Map |
| Chana | Upper East, 🇬🇭 Ghana | – | Map |
| Chana | Central Region, 🇲🇼 Malawi | – | Map |
| Chana | Zinder Region, 🇳🇪 Niger | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Chana songs
One song on Wikidata has Chana in its title:
- Chana – Kizz Daniel (2020)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Chana as a pet name
FurryName has found 5 dogs named Chana in public pet registers, making it the #8,218 dog name there. Most of them are registered in New York City (3), Burnside (1), Zurich (1). Chana as a dog name →
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