Hana: meaning and UK use

What does Hana mean?

In Japanese, 花 and 華 can give Hana the meaning flower. Other characters can be used, so a Roman spelling alone does not establish the meaning. Arabic, Hebrew-related and Korean entries also exist.

Language or name family covered

Japanese entry; other origins also exist

Meaning or derivation

Flower with certain Japanese characters

Our browsing group

girl; international, nature

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Sources for this entry — reviewed 2026-10-07:

• Behind the Name — Hana

Pronunciation and related forms

/hä.nä/ (Japanese IPA)

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How popular is Hana?

In 2025, 341 baby girls in England and Wales were registered as Hana, making it the 144th most popular girls’ name. That is up 46 places on 2024, when it ranked 190th. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it ranked 325th, so it has climbed 181 places in a decade. 2025 is its highest ranking in the ONS series, which starts in 1996. These figures cover England and Wales, not the whole UK.

2025 rank (girls)

144th

2025 registrations

341

Best rank in this series

144th (2025)

Every year from 1996 to 2025

Hana: rank and number of baby girls by year (ONS)

Year	Rank	Babies
2025	144	341
2024	190	254
2023	209	228
2022	210	237
2021	214	231
2020	211	233
2019	236	210
2018	242	209
2017	308	158
2016	266	192
2015	325	144
2014	304	154
2013	300	157
2012	261	190
2011	304	160
2010	324	144
2009	275	172
2008	289	163
2007	255	197
2006	284	163
2005	278	154
2004	271	155
2003	248	177
2002	240	168
2001	271	143
2000	297	125
1999	370	87
1998	395	80
1997	433	69
1996	491	56

The sum of published counts in this 1996–2025 girls series is 5,151. This is a lower bound where years are suppressed, not the number of living people with the name. A best rank is the best position within this series; it does not establish an all-time record.

Sources: ONS release, 2025; girls' dataset; boys' dataset. Our 20 top-ten positions were checked against Table 1 in the 2025 workbooks. The history chart and spelling comparisons come from the separate ONS 1996–2025 workbook, checked 7 October 2026. Spelling variants are separate entries. Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate statistics.

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Names to compare with Hana

These suggestions share a browsing group and one or more of our style tags or source-context labels. They are taste comparisons, not etymological relatives or a popularity ranking.

• Aishainternational · Living or alive
• Amarainternational · Grace
• Ananyainternational · Unique
• Ariainternational · Song or melody; literally air
• Daisynature · The daisy flower
• Diyainternational · Lamp or light

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