Hana

Meaning: “grace or favor”
Origin: Hebrew — From Hannah

Meaning: Flower, written 花 or 華
Origin: Japanese

Girl's name · #658 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Hana is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1912, it stood at #658 in 2025; about 13,000 girls have been named Hana along the way.

Across the states

See where Hana is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 26 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Hana is especially popular in Slovenia and Bosnia (FBiH).

#1 in Slovenia (2025) · #7 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2025) · #12 in Slovakia (2025) · #22 in Croatia (2025) · #54 in Switzerland (2025) · #82 in Czechia (2025) · #89 in Austria (2025) · #144 in England & Wales (2025) · #156 in New Zealand (2025) · #196 in France (2025) · #255 in Ireland (2025) · #271 in Poland (2025) and 7 more.

Famous Hanas

Hana Mandlíková — Czech tennis player
Hana Takahashi — Japanese association football player
Hana Kimura — Japanese professional wrestler (1997–2020)
Hana Mae Lee — American actress
Hana Laszlo — Israeli actress and comedian

In stories & tradition

Hana (D.Va) — Heroes of the Storm (video game)
Hana Makihatayama — Ojamajo Doremi (anime series)
Hana Gitelman^fr — Heroes (TV series)

What Hanas become

Among 1,842 notable people named Hana:

Entertainers appear 1.62× more often than among typical names — e.g. Hana Mae Lee, American actress.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Hannah (#56) and Hanna (#512), Hana would rank around #40 with about 5,000 births last year — the newborns split about 79/12/9 across Hannah, Hanna, and Hana.

Similar names: Hanna · Sarai · Anayah · Chana · Ellianna · Aniyah

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