Hananiah

Popularity Trends

The name Hananiah is the #7,586 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 153 recorded births since 2000. This represents the 2.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,624 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 92 births since 2006. For boys, it ranks #4,525 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 61 births since 2000.

Hananiah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2000 (2000 for boys and 2006 for girls). Birth data for Hananiah is available in 14 out of the 24 years between 2000 and 2023 (13 years for girls and 9 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 Hananiah has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (60.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Hananiah were girls. Interestingly, until around 2006, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 2000 to 2005), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (62.2% girls from 2006 to 2023).

For girls, Hananiah reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #955) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Hananiah ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 77.3% of its peak share of births.

For boys, Hananiah reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #913) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hananiah".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

2018

First Recorded

2006

Peak Percentile

0.6%

Current Percentile

0.3%

Peak Rank

#955

Current Rank

#944

Female statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

2019

First Recorded

2000

Peak Percentile

0.4%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#913

Current Rank

—

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Hananiah", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Hananiah.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Hananiah's popularity from 1997 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Hananiah at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Hananiah range from Bellarae at 94.2% correlation to Maverik at 91.2% correlation, with an average correlation level of 91.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Adley with 5.9K births (91% girls) and the least popular is Kannyn with 65 births (68% girls).

Hananiah's share of births peaked at 9.6 births per million in 2019 (5.9 for girls in 2018 and 4.7 for boys in 2019). It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (25% of peak) in 2006. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Hananiah had 4.6 births per million, 48% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Bellarae

115

94.23% (very strong)

Kannyn

92.92% (very strong)

Jhadiel

92.78% (very strong)

Zayleigh

817

91.61% (very strong)

Ellanie

219

91.54% (very strong)

Elyanah

130

91.53% (very strong)

Adley

5,914

91.47% (very strong)

Rorik

280

91.41% (very strong)

Kace

2,772

91.32% (very strong)

Mirren

148

91.32% (very strong)

Brexton

1,276

91.27% (very strong)

Maverik

1,072

91.21% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Hananiah

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Hananiah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 48.5% confident that Hananiah is pronounced as ha-nuh-NAI-uh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is huh-nuh-NEE-uh, at 18.2% confidence, with 4 syllables.

48.5%

18.2%

12.1%

12.1%

9.1%

ha-nuh-NAI-uh (4 syllables)

48.5% confidence

HH AE2 N AH0 N AY1 AH0

huh-nuh-NEE-uh (4 syllables)

18.2% confidence

HH AH0 N AH0 N IY1 AH0

hah-nuh-NAI-uh (4 syllables)

12.1% confidence

HH AA0 N AH0 N AY1 AH0

HAH-nuh-NAI-uh (4 syllables)

12.1% confidence

HH AA1 N AH0 N AY1 AH0

huh-NUH-nee-uh (4 syllables)

9.1% confidence

HH AH0 N AH1 N IY0 AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like HH AE2 N AH0 N AY1 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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