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Han

boys’ name · 54%girls’ name · 46%At its peakCompare

Han is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 21 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
210.00% of boys
Peak year
201830 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1968
1,390people given the name
Babies named Han, by year of birthboysgirls
01325385018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

753 boys have been named Han in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 30 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2018, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2010s alone account for 27%.

Han is used for both sexes: 46% of its bearers are girls (637), most of them born around 2003.

By decade

Decadeboys named Han
1960s11
1970s42
1980s118
1990s124
2000s127
2010s204
2020s127

In 2018, its biggest year

Han was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2018 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Oliver. See all of 2018.

Names that rose and fell with Han

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.