Hanah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Hanah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Hanah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,224 in 2003, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1224highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#2152
1998	#1571
1999	#3225
2000	#1995
2001	#1728
2002	#2868
2003	#1224
2004	#2278
2005	#2682
2006	#3116
2007	#2895
2008	#3397
2009	#3422
2010	#2589
2011	#2636
2012	#4171
2013	#4739
2014	#2464
2015	#3615
2016	#3609
2017	#4063
2018	#5666
2019	#4001
2020	#3899
2021	#5581
2022	#4645
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1224 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Hanah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Hanah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	81	10 of 10	8
2010s	62	10 of 10	6
2020s	16	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Hanah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1224 in England and Wales in 2003.

Hanah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1224	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,224, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
27 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
18births registered in its largest year, 2003Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Hanan · #339, 54y
Hanaya · #3252, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Giulio · #1224, 23y
Ilan · #1224, 28y
Rossi · #1224, 23y
Suraiya · #1224, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Giulio · #1224, 23y
Ilan · #1224, 28y
Madoc · #1224, 21y
Suraiya · #1224, 29y

Hanah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Hanah without appearing here.

Hanah moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1728 and #3998.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3609 and #5785.
Gail Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3225 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1995 and #3912.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Hanah

Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2636 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4171 and #1893.
Finn Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4063 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.
Maren Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2201.

Moved the opposite way to Hanah

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanah went from #2152 to #4843 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanah went from #2152 to #4843 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanah went from #3225 to #4843 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanah went from #3225 to #4843 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.

Moved the same way as Hanah

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanah went from #3795 to #5581 and Carol from #802 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanah went from #3795 to #5581 and Tyler from #230 to #5581.
Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanah went from #1995 to #4843 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanah went from #1571 to #4645 and Josefine from #3848 to #5669.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1224 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hanah

Hanah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hanah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hanah appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Hanah at a glance

Hanah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hanah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Hanah and the names beside it

Hanah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hanah

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