girls:
12.2k births since 1912
#1419 (75th percentile)
boys:
11 births since 1990
#4575 (0th percentile)
overall:
12.2k births since 1912
#2379 (69th percentile)
The name Hana is the #2,379 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 12,182 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 69.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 69.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,419 (75.2% percentile) for all time with 12,171 births since 1912. For boys, it ranks #4,575 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 1990.
Hana first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for girls and 1990 for boys). Birth data for Hana is available in 67 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (67 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Hana has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Hana reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 41.8% percentile (ranked #521) with 208 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 224 births per million (ranked 39.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Hana is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #586 (38.2% percentile) with 221 births per million.
For boys, Hana reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #768) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). Currently, Hana is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #911 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hana".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Hana. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.2% confident that Hana is pronounced as HAH-nuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HA-nuh, at 37.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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