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Han

#5,280 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Han has been given to 1,414 babies in the U.S. since 1969. In 2025 it ranked #5,280 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 30 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 54% boys, 46% girls all-time.

Babies named Han, 2025

1 in 184,000

Han over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Han over time

In 2025, Han went to 33% girls and 67% boys.

19692025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Han: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Han means

Han has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Han

One of the source’s documented entries for Han records a meaning of man or writing, painting.

A separate documented entry treats Han as a short form of Johannes. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Origin, language, and formation

Han is used in Turkish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Turkish, Han is pronounced /han/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 768 boys were recorded with the name Han between 1969 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 30 in 2018; its best national rank was #3,018 in 1982.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,464 in 2020 to #5,280 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,445 in 2015 to #5,280 in 2025.

In the United States, 646 girls were recorded with the name Han between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 25 in 2003; its best national rank was #4,918 in 1999.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,698 in 2020 to #10,389 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,549 in 2015 to #10,389 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Han?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 184,000
18 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 94,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,280
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
127,662 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Han sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 127,662 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Han. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Han was born before 2007 — so the typical Han is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
26.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
60.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
768
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 26.6% of all recorded uses (204).

Is Han rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−671
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−816
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−835
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.82×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
60.0%
Peak was 2018 (30)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,018
1982

Where Han is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Han was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 289,869 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Han has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Han is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Han was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 176,836 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Han has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Han around the world

Where Han ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2016–2016
    #707
    in 2016
  • France
    2005–2012
    #6,719
    in 2012
  • Canada
    1993–2023
    #2,436
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1987–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Han by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,280
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 816
Best rank ever
#3,018
1982
Peak year
2018
30 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
768
Count in 2025
18

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,389
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,691
Best rank ever
#4,918
1999
Peak year
2003
25 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
646
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Han

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Han

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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