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Hannelore

#12,363 in 2025Girls' name

Combination of Hanne and Lore

Hannelore has been given to 267 babies in the U.S. since 1929. In 2025 it ranked #12,363 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1958, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Hannelore, 2025

1 in 474,000

Hannelore over time, 1880–2025

Girls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hannelore: meaning, origin, and history

Combination of Hanne and Lore

German

What Hannelore means

Hannelore is a compound of Hanne and Lore.

Origin, language, and formation

Hannelore is used in English, Dutch and German. Its origins include German.

Hannelore comes through German Hannelore.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Hanne and Lore.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Hannelore is pronounced /ˈhæ.nəˌloɹ.ə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 267 girls were recorded with the name Hannelore between 1929 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1958; its best national rank was #3,613 in 1958.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #12,241 in 2015 to #12,363 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Hannelore?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 230,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#12,363
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hannelore 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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hannelore. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hannelores were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hannelore was born before 1999 — so the typical Hannelore is around 26 today.

Median birth year
1999
About 26 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
22.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
45.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
261
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Choose a decade

2000s — 22.8% of all recorded uses (61).

Is Hannelore 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
−122
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.88×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
58.3%
Peak was 1958 (12)
Years since peak
67
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,613
1958

Hannelore around the world

Where Hannelore ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2000–2000
    #3,912
    in 2000
  • France
    1941–1991
    #3,107
    in 1991
  • South Australia
    1953–1958
    #598
    in 1958

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Hannelore by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#12,363
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#3,613
1958
Peak year
1958
12 that year
First recorded
1929
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
267
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Hannelore

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

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Sibling names for Hannelore

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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