| Hannah | Sarah | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | grace, favour | Princess |
| Origin | hebrew | Hebrew |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | HAN-uh | SAIR-uh |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 1880 | 1880 |
| Peak year | 2000 (23,087) | 1982 (28,483) |
| In 2025 | 3,973 | 2,710 |
| Trend | Declining | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Hannah | Sarah |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 26,230 | 16,944 |
| 2010s | 64,506 | 46,657 |
| 2000s | 155,784 | 124,545 |
| 1990s | 158,818 | 224,423 |
| 1980s | 32,702 | 272,637 |
| 1970s | 4,544 | 118,823 |
| 1960s | 1,369 | 43,913 |
| 1950s | 1,447 | 39,966 |
| 1940s | 1,777 | 39,977 |
| 1930s | 2,126 | 36,513 |
| 1920s | 3,811 | 46,769 |
| 1910s | 4,465 | 38,120 |
| 1900s | 2,605 | 17,342 |
| 1890s | 3,021 | 17,154 |
| 1880s | 2,480 | 14,715 |
From Hebrew 'Channah' (חַנָּה) meaning grace or favour, from the root chen. The biblical mother of Samuel; the source name behind Anna, Anne, Ann and their many diminutives.
Sarah is Hebrew for “princess” or “noblewoman.” In the Bible she is the wife of Abraham and a matriarch of Israel, renamed by God from Sarai.
Hannah is more popular than Sarah today: about 3,973 US babies were given the name Hannah in 2025, compared with 2,710 named Sarah.
Hannah means grace, favour (hebrew origin), while Sarah means Princess (Hebrew origin).
In US records, Hannah first appears in 1880 and Sarah in 1880, so Hannah has the longer recorded history.