# Han (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/han/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,414 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 768 / 646 (46% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 152, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 10,665 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,428 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,566 |
| 2014 | 13 | 8,649 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,551 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,084 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6,913 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,217 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6,267 |
| 2020 | 14 | 7,703 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,671 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,275 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9,860 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,155 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,393 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 4,560 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,805 |
| 2013 | 13 | 6,380 |
| 2014 | 20 | 4,756 |
| 2015 | 22 | 4,447 |
| 2016 | 19 | 5,004 |
| 2017 | 29 | 3,709 |
| 2018 | 30 | 3,644 |
| 2019 | 26 | 4,049 |
| 2020 | 22 | 4,468 |
| 2021 | 28 | 3,850 |
| 2022 | 30 | 3,720 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,046 |
| 2024 | 22 | 4,613 |
| 2025 | 18 | 5,282 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 2,254 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,189 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2,754 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2,741 |
| 2008 | 9 | 2,097 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Han

- Tian Han, Chinese playwright, screenwriter, songwriter (1898-1968)
- Han Han, Chinese writer and racing driver
- Han Berger, Dutch association football player and manager
- Wang Han, Chinese diver (1991-)
- Zhang Han, Chinese general
- Han Drijver, field hockey player (1927-1986)
- Yan Han, Chinese figure skater
- Han Kulker, Dutch middle distance runner
- Han Bennink, Dutch musician (born 1942)
- Hans Zhang, Chinese actor
- Han Hendrik Piho, Estonian Nordic combined skier (born 1993)
- Yang Hansen, Chinese basketball player (born 2005)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.