Hannah
Meaning and origin
From English Hannah, used as a modern spelling variant of the biblical Swedish Hanna.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Hannah (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Hannah has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2002. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 151 |
| 1999 | 173 |
| 2000 | 165 |
| 2001 | 186 |
| 2002 | 197 |
| 2003 | 179 |
| 2004 | 175 |
| 2005 | 138 |
| 2006 | 149 |
| 2007 | 101 |
| 2008 | 104 |
| 2009 | 89 |
| 2010 | 77 |
| 2011 | 65 |
| 2012 | 74 |
| 2013 | 58 |
| 2014 | 55 |
| 2015 | 44 |
| 2016 | 34 |
| 2017 | 30 |
| 2018 | 40 |
| 2019 | 34 |
| 2020 | 31 |
| 2021 | 20 |
| 2022 | 19 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,840 |
| 2000 | 2,024 |
| 2001 | 2,256 |
| 2002 | 2,474 |
| 2003 | 2,688 |
| 2004 | 2,875 |
| 2005 | 3,049 |
| 2006 | 3,223 |
| 2007 | 3,367 |
| 2008 | 3,502 |
| 2009 | 3,628 |
| 2010 | 3,745 |
| 2011 | 3,848 |
| 2012 | 3,955 |
| 2013 | 4,042 |
| 2014 | 4,124 |
| 2015 | 4,198 |
| 2016 | 4,264 |
| 2017 | 4,335 |
| 2018 | 4,405 |
| 2019 | 4,469 |
| 2020 | 4,531 |
Hannah in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Hannah.Hi! My name is Hannah.
- Hannah bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Hannah lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Hannah kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Hannah is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Hannahs mamma är lärare.Hannah's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Hannahs mamma is Hannah's mum.
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Questions about Hannah
How do you pronounce Hannah in Swedish?
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What does the name Hannah mean?
From English Hannah, used as a modern spelling variant of the biblical Swedish Hanna.
How popular is Hannah in Sweden?
19 babies were named Hannah in 2022. In 2020, 4,531 people in Sweden had Hannah as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2002 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.