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Boy's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: steady

HannaIn Hebrew: חנא · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: חַנַּא

Hanna (Hebrew: חנא) is a boy's name of Arabic origin. 1,191 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 8 boys and ranked #726. Its peak year was 1953, with 30 babies.

People in Israel
1,191
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
8
rank #726
Peak year
1953
30 babies
USA
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not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Hanna

In Hebrew letters the name is חנא, read right to left. Hanna is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Hanna by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Hanna: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Hanna

How do you write Hanna in Hebrew?

Hanna is written חנא in Hebrew (with vowel points: חַנַּא). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Hanna?

1,191 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name חנא: 29 women and 1,162 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Hanna a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 97.6% of the people named חנא are men.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.