Chana
Chana was the 686th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 413 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 670th with 432 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 162 places. More babies were named Chana in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning grace, favor (Hebrew Hannah) · Hebrew
Say it KHAH-nuh /ˈxɑnə/
- Rank in 2025
- #686 girls, up 97 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 413girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024432 babies
- Total since 1880
- 13,921babies recorded
What does the name Chana mean?
Chana is a transliteration of Hebrew Channah, Hannah, as Wiktionary notes, glossing it simply as Hannah. Hannah is the mother of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 1:2). DMNES explains the name, under Anne, as Hebrew for "grace, favor." Chana is used mainly in Jewish families, and the ch represents the throaty Hebrew sound in loch. US records show Chana from the 1940s.
חַנָּה (Biblical Hebrew, “Hannah; grace, favor”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Pronunciation: The ch is the throaty sound of Scottish loch.
Related names: Hannah, Hana, Anne, Anna, Chanele.
See also: Hebrew names, names that mean grace.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Chana' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Anne', DMNES (Durham University)
- 1 Samuel 1:2, The JPS Tanakh: Gender-Sensitive Edition (via Sefaria), Jewish Publication Society / Sefaria
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Chana popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #686 | 413 |
| 2020 | #783 | 347 |
| 2010 | #811 | 337 |
| 2000 | #1,011 | 209 |
| 1990 | #1,036 | 173 |
| 1980 | #913 | 165 |
| 1970 | #1,355 | 77 |
| 1960 | #1,148 | 90 |
| 1950 | #1,916 | 25 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Chana, counting every spelling?
Chana is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #693 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #686 for Chana on its own. Together these spellings went to 413 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chana | 413 | #686 | 1,938 |
| Channah | — | — | 46 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Chana?
413 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Chana (0.11 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Chana born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 20 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Chana.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Chana?
About 13,600 people born in the US named Chana are alive today, with a median age of 20; half are between 10 and 38. That makes Chana mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Chana by state
How common Chana was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (14.1×), New York (10.8×). In 40 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Chana: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Chana, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Chana · Sibling names for Chana
Questions about the name Chana
What does Chana mean?
Chana means “grace, favor (Hebrew Hannah)” (Hebrew origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Chana?
Chana was the 686th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 413 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 670th with 432 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 162 places. More babies were named Chana in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Chana a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Chana in the US.
Where is Chana most popular?
In 2021–2025, Chana was most common in New Jersey (3.37 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Maryland.