How rare is the name Hanan?

5,431 people in the United States have the first name Hanan, about 1 in 55,613. It ranks #3,725 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

HANAN

#3,725

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,431
About
1 in 55,613
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,431 people named Hanan, 71.4% reported their origin as White, 18.8% as Black and 4.8% as two or more races. 93.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hanan peaked in 2016, when 72 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
72
In 2025*
67 ▼7%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,229 babies have been given the name since 1966. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Hanan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #4,868. The largest share of babies named Hanan, 37.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#16,2136
1970s#7,914108
1980s#6,144212
1990s#4,883410
2000s#5,181530
2010s#4,868618
2020s#5,099345
Generation X 1965–805.7%
Millennials 1981–9621.5%
Generation Z 1997–1237.5%
2013 and later35.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Hanan

1 other first name also has 5,431 people.

#3,725 Sahar · 5,431

Either side of Hanan

#3,723 Gwyneth · 5,435#3,724 Trever · 5,434#3,725 Sahar · 5,431#3,727 Joanie · 5,429

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hanan, most common first.

#13,686 Hannan · 877#14,982 Hanane · 776#24,941 Hanin · 383

Also a last name

As a last name, Hanan ranks #20,121 of 156,621, with 1,338 people. See Hanan as a last name

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