Han
- #10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
- Given to boys 54.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 768since 1969
Han over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #4,571 | 22 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | #4,002 | 27 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #3,691 | 30 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #3,814 | 28 |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 | #4,426 | 22 |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | #4,003 | 26 |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 | #3,607 | 30 |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 | #3,678 | 29 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | #4,407 | 22 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #6,241 | 13 |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #4,509 | 21 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #4,322 | 18 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
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| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
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| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
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| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five boys were named Han! It came in at #3,935, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1975, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Han is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095
Best ever in a state: #1,246 in California, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #2,471 | 5 | 1 in 35,095 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 637 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #5,208)
- 782 spots since 2020 (#4,426 → #5,208)
- 801 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #5,208)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1982 at #2,972 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 58,200
- Highest: 1 in 58,200 boys born in 2022 were named Han (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,972 in 1982, was only 1 in 120,963 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 26.6% of all boys named Han (204) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2014
- Mostly girls until 2013, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #3,935 (1969) | #3,935 |
| 1970s | 42 | #3,357 (1979) | #4,620 |
| 1980s | 118 | #2,972 (1982) | #3,748 |
| 1990s | 124 | #3,779 (1990) | #4,918 |
| 2000s | 127 | #4,322 (2002) | #6,100 |
| 2010s | 204 | #3,607 (2018) | #4,995 |
| 2020s | 147 | #3,691 (2022) | #4,285 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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