Girl's name
Hana
Say it HAH-nuh
Hebrew origin grace, gracious
2 syllables
Where Hana is loved, common and rare
Loved in Slovenia. Common across Israel, Switzerland, Munich and two more places. Rare in four other German cities, Canada, Britain and eight more places.
1 in 743 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
Slovenia 1stIsrael 11thSwitzerland 53rd
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Every place
In 23 of the 40 official lists, among them Slovenia (1st), Israel (11th) and Switzerland (53rd).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 1st 2025 | 182 | about 1 in 36 |
| Israel חנה | 11th 2024 | 875 | about 1 in 90 |
| Switzerland | 53rd 2025 | 115 | 1 in 296 |
| Munich city | 57th 2025 | 23 | about 1 in 182 |
| Austria | 89th 2025 | 81 | 1 in 441 |
| British Columbia province | 109th 2023 | 27 | about 1 in 443 |
| England and Wales | 144th 2025 | 341 | 1 in 743 |
| Berlin city | 173rd 2023 | 18 | about 1 in 806 |
| Cologne city | 183rd 2023 | 6 | about 1 in 1,024 |
| France | 196th 2025 | 295 | 1 in 972 |
| Ontario province | 227th 2024 | 53 | about 1 in 1,028 |
| Ireland | 247th 2025 | 17 | 1 in 1,243 |
| Quebec province | 266th 2025 | 21 | about 1 in 1,238 |
| Poland | 266th 2025 | 18 | 1 in 6,655 |
| Sweden | 271st 2025 | 27 | about 1 in 1,488 |
| Norway | 302nd 2025 | 12 | 1 in 1,816 |
| Scotland | 324th 2025 | 10 | 1 in 1,789 |
| Catalonia region | 332nd 2025 | 10 | 1 in 1,927 |
| Italy | 352nd 2024 | 42 | 1 in 4,266 |
| The Netherlands | 454th 2025 | 28 | about 1 in 2,179 |
| Croatia | 22nd 2025 | 163 | rank only |
| Leipzig city | 107th 2025 | 5 | about 1 in 525 |
| Bonn city | 119th 2025 | 5 | about 1 in 603 |
Rare, below the listed names: Northern Ireland, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Rostock, Spain and Hungary.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30) and Argentina (top 20).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Ministarstvo pravosuđa, uprave i digitalne transformacije (Matica rođenih) (Croatia); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn). How we count, and every source
About the name
Hana, the Czech form of Hannah, comes from the Hebrew hanna, 'grace' or 'gracious'. Hannah is the mother of the prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible, which gives the name a long religious history. In Albanian, a separate name Hana is linked to the word for 'moon'.
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HAH-nuh is two open syllables, short and gentle. The wider family includes Hannah, Hanna, Anna, Ana and Anja, as well as the Albanian Hëna.
Hana is the most popular girls' name in Slovenia, and it ranks in the top twenty in Israel and near it in Croatia. In the English-speaking world it is most used in British Columbia and in England and Wales. It is rising in fourteen countries and falling in only one, and in France it peaked around 2021.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- HAH-nuh, 2 syllables
- Meaning
grace, gracious
- Origin
- Hebrew
Etymology
Czech female given name borrowed from Hebrew Hannah; Hannah is from Hebrew hanna "grace, gracious".
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 14 of 20 regions, falling in 1.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 266 | 308 | 242 | 236 | 211 | 214 | 210 | 209 | 190 | 144 |
| Scotland | 311 | 327 | 376 | 304 | 429 | 558 | 531 | 342 | 790 | 324 |
| Ireland | 316 | 471 | 436 | 621 | 495 | 430 | 317 | 247 | 441 | 247 |
| Ontario | 339 | 279 | 245 | 285 | 187 | 228 | 222 | 207 | 227 | |
| British Columbia | 120 | 196 | 283 | 129 | 154 | 213 | 234 | 109 | ||
| Quebec | 372 | 601 | 370 | 503 | 357 | 281 | 387 | 322 | 412 | 266 |
| France | 208 | 239 | 200 | 178 | 134 | 127 | 147 | 134 | 150 | 196 |
| The Netherlands | 788 | 727 | 583 | 798 | 678 | 538 | 447 | 479 | 454 | |
| Austria | 115 | 97 | 108 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 87 | 79 | 78 | 89 |
| Switzerland | 199 | 100 | 135 | 77 | 60 | 47 | 61 | 57 | 55 | 53 |
| Berlin | 416 | 223 | 231 | 233 | 153 | 149 | 191 | 173 | ||
| Munich | 121 | 130 | 178 | 149 | 111 | 87 | 61 | 58 | 48 | 57 |
| Cologne | 316 | 345 | 254 | 273 | 134 | 145 | 120 | 183 | ||
| Bonn | 176 | 134 | 221 | 132 | 155 | 181 | 176 | 141 | 119 | |
| Leipzig | 253 | 411 | 411 | 406 | 132 | 254 | 357 | 107 | ||
| Rostock | 202 | 126 | 174 | |||||||
| Norway | 397 | 257 | 326 | 294 | 368 | 284 | 271 | 357 | 221 | 302 |
| Sweden | 377 | 370 | 340 | 306 | 470 | 252 | 255 | 259 | 198 | 271 |
| Catalonia | 450 | 528 | 613 | 443 | 475 | 610 | 469 | 381 | 332 | |
| Italy | 755 | 427 | 433 | 406 | 352 | |||||
| Poland | 147 | 175 | 165 | 197 | 201 | 233 | 245 | 296 | 343 | 266 |
| Slovenia | 12 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Croatia | 19 | 22 | 22 | |||||||
| Israel | 13 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 144 | 341 | 134.6 |
| 2024 | 190 | 254 | 98.5 |
| 2023 | 209 | 228 | 88.9 |
| 2022 | 210 | 237 | 89.9 |
| 2021 | 214 | 231 | 84.3 |
| 2020 | 211 | 233 | 86.8 |
| 2019 | 236 | 210 | 75.0 |
| 2018 | 242 | 209 | 72.5 |
| 2017 | 308 | 158 | 52.8 |
| 2016 | 266 | 192 | 62.5 |
| 2015 | 325 | 144 | 46.8 |
| 2014 | 304 | 154 | 50.2 |
| 2013 | 300 | 157 | 50.9 |
| 2012 | 261 | 190 | 59.0 |
| 2011 | 304 | 160 | 49.8 |
| 2010 | 324 | 144 | 44.9 |
| 2009 | 275 | 172 | 54.9 |
| 2008 | 289 | 163 | 51.6 |
| 2007 | 255 | 197 | 64.4 |
| 2006 | 284 | 163 | 54.5 |
| 2005 | 278 | 154 | 53.4 |
| 2004 | 271 | 155 | 54.2 |
| 2003 | 248 | 177 | 63.5 |
| 2002 | 240 | 168 | 62.8 |
| 2001 | 271 | 143 | 53.4 |
| 2000 | 297 | 125 | 45.8 |
| 1999 | 370 | 87 | 30.9 |
| 1998 | 395 | 80 | 27.7 |
| 1997 | 433 | 69 | 23.5 |
| 1996 | 491 | 56 | 18.9 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Hana in France since 1925 were born in or after 2016. First recorded in 1966. Her peak year there: 2021, at 138.0 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Hana per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2021 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Hana
1 in 960 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Hana.
1 in 577 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Hana.
1 in 2,556 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Hana.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Gabriella.
1 in 571 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Hana.
1 in 2,113 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Hana.
1 in 2,347 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Hana.
1 in 334 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Hana.
1 in 587 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Hana.
1 in 307 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Hana.
1 in 743 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Hana.
Middle names for Hana
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Hana Grace
2-1 beats · initials HG
Changes the beat after Hana: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Hana Olivia
2-4 beats · initials HO · Hana slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Hana: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Hana slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Hana Sophia
2-3 beats · initials HS
Changes the beat after Hana: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Hana Maria
2-3 beats · initials HM
Changes the beat after Hana: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Hana Rose
2-1 beats · initials HR
Changes the beat after Hana: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Hana Emily
2-3 beats · initials HE · Hana slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Hana: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Hana slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Hana Julia
2-3 beats · initials HJ
Changes the beat after Hana: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Hana Miriam
2-3 beats · initials HM
Changes the beat after Hana: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Hana
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 1,218 in England and Wales
94% alike: moves with Hana across countries and decades.
1 in 2,429 in Northern Ireland
94% alike: moves with Hana across countries and decades.
1 in 1,064 in England and Wales
94% alike: moves with Hana across countries and decades.
1 in 960 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Hana across countries and decades.
1 in 1,689 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Hana across countries and decades.
1 in 4,690 in England and Wales
91% alike: moves with Hana across countries and decades.
1 in 3,018 in Ireland
91% alike: moves with Hana across countries and decades.
1 in 577 in Scotland
91% alike: moves with Hana across countries and decades.
Famous people named Hana
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Questions about Hana
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Hana?
Her best rank is No. 1 in Slovenia in 2025, about 1 in 36 girls. She is in the published lists of 23 of our 40 regions.
What does Hana mean?
Wiktionary glosses Hana as "grace, gracious".
How do you pronounce Hana?
HAH-nuh, with 2 syllables.
Is Hana getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 14 of 20 regions, falling in 1.
Which sister names go with Hana?
The deck's top five sisters for Hana: Lia, Naomi, Gabriela, Sara and Elisa. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.