Hannah
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Hannah is Hebrew for “grace” or “God has favored me,” and is also a palindrome. In the Bible Hannah prayed for a child at Shiloh and dedicated her son, the prophet Samuel, to God’s service. Long favored by Jewish families and adopted by the Puritans, Hannah revived strongly and reached number two in the late 1990s. The namesake is Hannah Arendt, the thinker who confronted the Nazis and became famous for her ideas on totalitarianism.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Badass Baby Names
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Usage of Hannah in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Hannah 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 Hannah is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Hannah in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 3,973 girls were named Hannah, making it the #56 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 465,685 girls have been named Hannah, with the most (23,087) in 2000. It is most common, relative to births, in Wyoming, Rhode Island and Washington, D.C..
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Hannah in other languages
- Anna Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Swedish
- Hanna Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Latvian, Polish, Swedish
- Hana Arabic, Czech, Slovenian
- Анна Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
- Ганна Ukrainian
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Hannah
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Hannah, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Tropical storm Hannah | 1997 | Western Pacific | 93 km/h |
| Tropical depression Hannah | 1972 | South Pacific | 37 km/h |
| Hurricane Hannah (Category 3) | 1959 | North Atlantic | 194 km/h |
| Typhoon Hannah (Category 3) | 1947 | Western Pacific | 185 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Hannah
There are 16 towns and villages with Hannah in their name, in 6 countries.
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| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Hannah | North Dakota, 🇺🇸 United States | 14 | Map |
| Hannah | England, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | – | Map |
| Hannah | Alabama, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Hannah | Georgia, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Hannah | Kentucky, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Hannah | Mississippi, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Hannah | South Carolina, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Hannah | Michigan, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Hannah | Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Hannah | 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Hannah
There are 23 lakes and reservoirs with Hannah in their name, in 2 countries.
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| Hannah Lake | Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Hannah Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Hannah Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Hannah Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Hannah Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Hannah Lake | Manitoba, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Hannah Lake | Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Hannah Lake | British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Hannah Lake | Alabama, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Hannah Lake | Texas, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Hannah songs
6 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Hannah in their title. The best known:
- Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah) – Ella Fitzgerald (1924)
- Hannah Montana – Migos (2013)
- HANNAH (Acornley)
- HANNAH'S SONG
- LISTENING (Hannah)
- ST. HANNAH
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Hannah
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Hannah.
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Barnes
Hannah Davis
Hannah Davis
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Fictional characters named Hannah
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Hannah as a pet name
FurryName has found 485 dogs named Hannah in public pet registers, making it the #365 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Tacoma (5), Richmond (4), Burlington (1). Hannah as a dog name →
FurryName has found 14 cats named Hannah in public pet registers, making it the #517 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Richmond (1), Golden Plains Shire (1), Tacoma (1). Hannah as a cat name →
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