Annah
Feminine · “grace”
Anna and Hannah are the same name, and this spelling puts the h in the wrong place. Hebrew Hannah begins with the letter; Greek and Latin dropped it, giving Anna; and Annah adds it back at the other end, where it never was.
How old is the name Annah?
Annah first appears in US birth records in 1888 — 137 years ago. The typical Annah alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 1,800 people named Annah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Annah most popular?
Annah peaked in 1888, reaching #1276 nationally. Today it ranks #6838, 5,562 places below that high. See the whole 1888 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Hannah to Annah
The story of Annah
Hannah is the mother of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible, and her prayer at Shiloh is one of the great passages of the book; Anna is the prophetess in the temple in Luke, and the tradition also names Mary's mother Anna. Both forms spread across Europe, Anna in the Catholic and Orthodox south and east and Hannah in Protestant England after the Reformation, which is why a family's preference between them often tracks a denomination. The nineteenth-century American habit of adding a final h to women's names, which gave Sarah, Deborah and Rebekah their look, produced Annah as well; its best year on file is 1888.
Meaning
grace, favor
Hebrew Hannah, from a root meaning to be gracious or to show favor. Greek could not begin a word with an h in the way Hebrew does and rendered it Anna, which Latin and thence most of Europe inherited. The two forms are one name. The final h of this spelling is an English decorative marker and has no Hebrew warrant.
How the name formed
- Hannah
- Anna
- Annah
Related forms: Hannah · Anna · Anya · Aine
Pronouncing Annah
AN-uh
Two syllables with the stress on the first. The final h is silent; Anna and Annah are identical aloud.
Nicknames for Annah
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1888
- Most girls named
- 200168 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1276reached in 1888
- Change vs 2023
- 0.0%16 in 2025, from 16
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Annah in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Hannah in Hebrew — related form
- Anna in Greek — same name
- Anya in Russian — related form
- Aine in Irish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Annahs among us
people named Annah are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 100,454 born in 2025 was named Annah
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Annah
- #6838
- Annah on the 2025 chart
- #68
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Annah went to 16 girls in 2025, but Anna and Ana are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 3,813, which makes it the 68th most-given girls’ name of the year — 6,770 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 422 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 100,454 for Annah itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Annah sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Annah beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Annah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Hebrew meaning that can be given in one word.
- Annie, Nan and Anya are three short forms in three traditions.
- One of the oldest and most portable women's names in Europe.
- Anna and Hannah are both standard and will be written instead.
- The added h has no historical basis at the end of the word.
- It reads as a nineteenth-century American spelling, because that is its period.
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Frequently asked
- How many Annahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Annah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Annah?
- Annah is one of 3 recorded spellings. Anna is the more common one — 2,521 births in 2025 against 16 for Annah.
- How popular is the name Annah in 2025?
- Annah ranks #6838 among US girl names in 2025, with 16 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Annah?
- About 1 in every 100,454 US girls born in 2025 was named Annah — 16 in all.
- Will my child share the name Annah with classmates?
- Annah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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