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Hany

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One who lives in happiness and tranquillity

Hany has been given to 48 babies in the U.S. since 1973. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1987, with 8 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% boys, 23% girls all-time.

Babies named Hany, 2000

1 in 756,000

Hany 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Hany over time

In 2024, Hany went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19732024

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.

Hany: meaning, origin, and history

One who lives in happiness and tranquillity

Arabic

What Hany means

Hany means “one who lives in happiness and tranquillity”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Arabic هَانِيّ (hāniyy), meaning "one who lives in happiness and tranquillity"; "the embellisher"; or "luscious".

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Hany (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Hany is used in English. Its origins include Arabic.

Hany comes through Arabic هَانِيّ.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 37 boys were recorded with the name Hany between 1973 and 2000. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1987; its best national rank was #5,130 in 1987.

In the United States, 11 girls were recorded with the name Hany between 2004 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2024; its best national rank was #14,078 in 2024.

How common is Hany?

Hany had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2000, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2000
1 in 756,000
5 of 3,778,496 births
Among boys only
1 in 393,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2000
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
523,812 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hany 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 2000 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 523,812 children born in 2000 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hany. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hanys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hany was born before 1988 — so the typical Hany is around 37 today.

Median birth year
1988
About 37 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
56.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
86.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
37
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 56.8% of all recorded uses (21).

Is Hany 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1987 (8)
Years since peak
38
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,130
1987

Spellings of Hany

Hany is not the most common spelling — Gary is, with 20.0% against Hany's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Hany around the world

Where Hany 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
    1998–2011
    #4,647
    in 2011
  • France
    1982–2023
    #5,404
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    2001–2001
    #581
    in 2001

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

Hany by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#5,130
1987
Peak year
1987
8 that year
First recorded
1973
Last recorded
2000
All-time count
37
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#14,078
2024
Peak year
2024
6 that year
First recorded
2004
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
11
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Hany

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

HanzHanhHanuHanzoHananHaneyHanaHanzalaHanesHannesHansiHanceHansellHaniRanyHanadHannonHannaHannielAilanyHancelHaneulHanishHanzel

Sibling names for Hany

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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