girls:
468 births since 1978
#5248 (8th percentile)
boys:
126 births since 1993
#4460 (3rd percentile)
overall:
594 births since 1978
#7145 (8th percentile)
The name Hannan is the #7,145 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 594 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 7.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,248 (8.2% percentile) for all time with 468 births since 1978. For boys, it ranks #4,460 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 126 births since 1993.
Hannan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (1978 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Hannan is available in 41 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023 (40 years for girls and 16 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 Hannan has been given predominantly to girls, with 78.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 43.8% of babies named Hannan were girls.
For girls, Hannan reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #854) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Hannan ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 31.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Hannan reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #895) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Hannan ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 94.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hannan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Hannan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.9% confident that Hannan is pronounced as HA-nuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HAH-nuhn, at 23.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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