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Chana

Chana means "Hebrew variant of Hannah" and comes from Hebrew, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2010s. As things stand now, it is a distinctive, less common pick. 2016 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.

HebrewHebrew variant of Hannah
EtymologyMeaning "grace, favor"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
43
1950s
211
1960s
613
1970s
1,192
1980s
1,808
1990s
1,790
2000s
2,579
2010s
2,660
Peaked in the 2010s · 10,896 total U.S. births since 1900