Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hanae through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 135
- 0 boys · 135 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,737 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,737 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 331 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hanae’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Hanae is a Roman-alphabet rendering of はなえ. In Japanese usage, Hanae is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 花絵. In Japanese usage, Hanae as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 花江.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Hanae
- Hanae ShibataJapanese association football playerborn 1992
- Hanae MoriJapanese fashion designer (1926-2022)
- Hanae KanSouth Korean actress and modelborn 1990
- Hanae Itoswimmerborn 1985
- Hanae KuboJapanese ice hockey playerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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