Thirty years of Hannah
Hannah in numbers
Hannah peaked in 1996 with 5,916 girls and has fallen since, to 439 in 2025. Its biggest three-year fall came between 1996 and 1999, from 5,916 to 4,351. It ranked 6th in 1996 and ranks 105th now. On average it was given to 5,225 girls a year in the late 1990s, 3,235 in the 2000s, 1,163 in the 2010s and 532 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-1%443 to 439
- 5 years-38%708 to 439
- 10 years-60%1,090 to 439
- 20 years-85%2,990 to 439
- Since 1996-93%5,916 to 439
- Total, 1996 to 202568,074girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 105 · ONS · 443 in 2024
Rank 64 · NRS · 63 in 2024
Rank 42 · NISRA · 34 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | 439 | -1% | 1 in 648 |
| 2024 | =107 | 443 | -14% | 1 in 654 |
| 2023 | 94 | 515 | +3% | 1 in 559 |
| 2022 | 98 | 501 | -15% | 1 in 589 |
| 2021 | 89 | 588 | -17% | 1 in 518 |
| 2020 | 75 | 708 | -10% | 1 in 423 |
| 2019 | 68 | 786 | -7% | 1 in 396 |
| 2018 | 62 | 849 | -15% | 1 in 376 |
| 2017 | 57 | 998 | -3% | 1 in 332 |
| 2016 | 57 | 1,033 | -5% | 1 in 328 |
| 2015 | 55 | 1,090 | +3% | 1 in 312 |
| 2014 | 59 | 1,061 | -15% | 1 in 319 |
| 2013 * | 44 | 1,243 | -8% | 1 in 275 |
| 2012 | 42 | 1,357 | -7% | 1 in 262 |
| 2011 | 41 | 1,462 | -16% | 1 in 241 |
| 2010 | 31 | 1,749 | -11% | 1 in 201 |
| 2009 | 29 | 1,956 | -16% | 1 in 176 |
| 2008 | 19 | 2,335 | -14% | 1 in 148 |
| 2007 | 16 | 2,701 | -8% | 1 in 124 |
| 2006 | 15 | 2,946 | -1% | 1 in 111 |
| 2005 | 14 | 2,990 | -10% | 1 in 105 |
| 2004 | 12 | 3,312 | -7% | 1 in 94 |
| 2003 | 10 | 3,546 | -8% | 1 in 85 |
| 2002 | 8 | 3,874 | -10% | 1 in 75 |
| 2001 | 8 | 4,282 | -3% | 1 in 68 |
| 2000 | 9 | 4,410 | +1% | 1 in 67 |
| 1999 | 10 | 4,351 | -14% | 1 in 70 |
| 1998 | 7 | 5,052 | -9% | n/a |
| 1997 | 6 | 5,581 | -6% | 1 in 56 |
| 1996 | 6 | 5,916 | 1 in 53 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. 1 in X is not shown for girls in 1998: one monthly total is missing from the ONS girls’ 1998 file. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate