Hannan

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Hannan: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,158 in 2004, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
45times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1158highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1999	#1805
2000	#1831
2001	#1617
2002	#1530
2003	#1552
2004	#1158
2005	#2438
2006	#1386
2007	#2085
2008	#2721
2009	#3031
2010	#3533
2011	#2893
2012	#2521
2014	#2659
2015	#5730
2017	#4063
2018	#3518
2022	#5669

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 boys in England and Wales in 25 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 #2350 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 recorded1996–2022
Highest recorded position: #1158 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2022).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Hannan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 148 births with the name.

Hannan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Hannan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#1326 (2003)	#5119 (2024)	25 of 29	148 (1996–2024)	12 (2003)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#1158 (2004)	#5669 (2022)	20 of 27	182 (1996–2022)	20 (2004)

Hannan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Hannan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	2 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	66	10 of 10	7
2010s	53	9 of 10	6
2020s	17	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Hannan 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: #1158 in England and Wales in 2004.

Hannan'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	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1386	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1158	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	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 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,158, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

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.

Hannah · #2, 62y
Hannah-Rose · #742, 14y
Hanne · #9, 80y
Hanora · #164, 26y

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.

Yakov · #1158, 28y
Yitzchok · #1158, 29y
Cobey · #1156, 23y
Delphi · #1160, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Yakov · #1158, 28y
Yitzchok · #1158, 29y
Charlea · #1160, 15y
Delphi · #1160, 27y

Hannan 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 Hannan without appearing here.

Hannan moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1831 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1617 and #3998.
Tracey Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2893 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #4838.
Graeme Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4647 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2459 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Hannan

Eabha Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2659 and #3514 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2070.
Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1892 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #1440.
Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #3112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Arne Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3013 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2960.

Moved the opposite way to Hannan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hannan went from #2357 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hannan went from #2357 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hannan went from #2357 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hannan went from #2357 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Hannan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hannan went from #2357 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hannan went from #2357 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hannan went from #2357 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hannan went from #2357 to #5119 and Alexander from #14 to #36.

What's not yet available

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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: #1158 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hannan

Hannan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hannan across 2 official records

Hannan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hannan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Hannan and the names beside it

Hannan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hannan

Moved the opposite way to Hannan

Moved the same way as Hannan

Hannan at a glance

Hannan across 2 official records

Hannan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hannan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Hannan and the names beside it

Hannan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hannan

Moved the opposite way to Hannan

Moved the same way as Hannan