Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Hadassah

Gender

Female

Origin

Hebrew
A star. Also see Estelle, Hesper and Stella.

Pronunciation

ha-dassah, had(as)-sah

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #532, 572 births); most recent 2025 (rank #569, 529 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025529
2024572
2023486
2022489
2021416
2020427
2019429
2018390
2017398
2016445

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #975, 37 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1134, 29 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202529
202426
202333
202218
202110
202020
201922
201826
201716
201637

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #2334, 12 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3930, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20235
202212
20218
20204
2019–
20185
20173
20163
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #850, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #560, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
20146

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence