Spellings

Hannah or Hanna?

In the US in 2025, 79% of babies in this name family were spelled Hannah and 12% Hanna. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Ten years ago

Hannah already led in 2015, with 87% of the family's births; it has 79% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 7,365 to 5,005 births (−32%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Hannah6,4343,973−38%
Hanna597580steady
Hana326436+34%
Hanaa816×2

How they sound

  • Hannah /ˈhænə/ (HAN-uh)
  • Hanna /ˈhænə/ (HAN-uh)
  • Hana /ˈhɑnə/ (HAH-nuh)
  • Hanaa /anaˈa/ (ah-nah-AH)

In France

In France in 2025: Hannah 200 births (#269 among girls), Hanna 450 births (#115 among girls), Hana 295 births (#196 among girls) and Hanaa 40 births (#884 among girls).

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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