Girl
Hadassah
The name Hadassah carries the meaning "myrtle tree; original name of Esther". It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2010s than ever before. These days, it is one of the rarer names on record. 2016 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
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EtymologyMeaning "myrtle tree"; original name of Esther
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
22
1920s
23
1930s
18
1940s
13
1950s
38
1960s
16
1970s
119
1980s
232
1990s
492
2000s
1,587
2010s
2,985
Peaked in the 2010s · 5,545 total U.S. births since 1900