Hannibal is a boy's name of English origin meaning “Baʿal/The lord is gracious.” In 2024 it was given to 9 boys in the United States.
Hannibal belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “Baʿal/The lord is gracious” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Hannibal first appears in Social Security records in 1885. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1004 in 1885, and in 2024 9 babies received the name — 778 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Hannibal means “Baʿal/The lord is gracious” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Hannibal is a boy name. In 2024, 9 babies received the name in the US.
Hannibal comes from the English & American tradition.
Hannibal first appears in US records in 1885. Its best-ever ranking was #1004 in 1885, and 9 babies were given the name in 2024.
Hannibal is pronounced /ˈhænɪbəl/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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