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Hananiah

#13,805 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Yahweh is gracious

Hananiah has been given to 189 babies in the U.S. since 2006. In 2025 it ranked #13,805 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 57% girls, 43% boys all-time.

Babies named Hananiah, 2025

1 in 553,000

Hananiah over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Hananiah over time

In 2025, Hananiah went to 33% girls and 67% boys.

20002025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Hananiah: meaning, origin, and history

Yahweh is gracious

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hananiah means

Hananiah means “Yahweh is gracious”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 107 girls were recorded with the name Hananiah between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2018; its best national rank was #9,394 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #12,625 in 2020 to #13,805 in 2025.

In the United States, 82 boys were recorded with the name Hananiah between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2025; its best national rank was #6,935 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,737 in 2020 to #6,935 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Hananiah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 268,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#13,805
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hananiah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hananiah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hananiahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hananiah was born before 2019 — so the typical Hananiah is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
47.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
107
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2010s — 47.7% of all recorded uses (51).

Is Hananiah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−2,342
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,180
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
54.5%
Peak was 2018 (11)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#9,394
2018

Spellings of Hananiah

Hananiah is not the most common spelling — Hannah is, with 98.9% against Hananiah's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Hananiah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,805
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,180
Best rank ever
#9,394
2018
Peak year
2018
11 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
107
Count in 2025
6

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,935
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 5,802
Best rank ever
#6,935
2025
Peak year
2025
12 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
82
Count in 2025
12

Names similar to Hananiah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Hananiah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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