boys' name ★ peaked 2025

Hassan

Gender Boy Rank 2025 #626 Trend ↑ Rising 45%

From Arabic حَسَن (ḥasan, “fine, good, good-looking, handsome, manly; strong”).

Rank 2025
#626
among boys · ↑23 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
447
named Hassan · +5% vs 2024
How common
1 in 3,821
boys born in 2025
Peak year
2025
447 babies
All-time total
12,307
#1,071 all-time among boys
First recorded
1923
in Social Security records

Hassan popularity over time

12,307 babies have been named Hassan since 1923, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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BoysGirls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – 5 5 1 – #4,508
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – 20 20 2 – #2,685
1950s – 50 50 5 +150% #2,424
1960s – 281 281 28 +462% #1,075
1970s 7 950 957 96 +241% #711
1980s – 1,311 1,311 131 +37% #748
1990s – 2,088 2,088 209 +59% #647
2000s – 2,497 2,497 250 +20% #684
2010s – 2,915 2,915 292 +17% #716
2020s (to 2025) – 2,183 2,183 364 +25% #626

Where Hassan is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 boys (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 boys Implied rank
2026 474 0.28 outside top 500
2027 498 0.29 outside top 500
2028 520 0.30 outside top 500
2029 539 0.32 outside top 500
2030 556 0.33 outside top 500

Where Hassan is most popular

Boys named Hassan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.220 per 1,000. Strongest in Michigan, Minnesota, and Maryland.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Hassan born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Boys 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Michigan 217 1.06 +381%
Minnesota 52 0.424 +93%
Maryland 47 0.394 +79%
Virginia 68 0.358 +63%
Nevada 19 0.333 +51%
Louisiana 34 0.332 +51%
New York 143 0.330 +50%
New Jersey 58 0.288 +31%
Ohio 69 0.260 +18%
California 229 0.251 +14%
Pennsylvania 66 0.249 +13%
Arizona 39 0.238 +8%
Texas 209 0.237 +8%
North Carolina 59 0.231 +5%
Illinois 59 0.231 +5%
Georgia 58 0.229 ≈ national
Florida 94 0.199 -10%
Washington 31 0.189 -14%
Wisconsin 22 0.186 -16%
Missouri 24 0.173 -21%
Iowa 11 0.160 -28%
Tennessee 21 0.116 -47%
Massachusetts 15 0.109 -50%
South Carolina 11 0.106 -52%
Mississippi 5 0.088 -60%
Arkansas 5 0.079 -64%
Connecticut 5 0.074 -66%
Kentucky 7 0.070 -68%
Indiana 11 0.069 -69%
Oregon 5 0.066 -70%
Colorado 8 0.062 -72%
Oklahoma 5 0.057 -74%
Utah 5 0.052 -76%
Alabama 5 0.046 -79%
Alaska – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Idaho – – –
Kansas – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Hassan

Hassan is uncommon for boys in the United States, ranked #626 in 2025 with 447 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1923, 12,307 American babies have been named Hassan. Its peak came in 2025, when 447 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Hassan stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Hassan?

The median living Hassan is about 19 years old; half are between 8 and 32. An estimated 12 thousand people named Hassan are alive in the United States today.

median 19 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Hassan year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 – – 447 #626
2024 – – 427 #649
2023 – – 390 #688
2022 – – 325 #777
2021 – – 312 #789
2020 – – 282 #817
2019 – – 317 #753
2018 – – 306 #766
2017 – – 340 #716
2016 – – 299 #792
2015 – – 318 #757
2014 – – 309 #760
2013 – – 262 #825
2012 – – 246 #857
2011 – – 243 #867
2010 – – 275 #792
2009 – – 277 #805
2008 – – 278 #788
2007 – – 263 #810
2006 – – 281 #754
2005 – – 259 #766
2004 – – 223 #806
2003 – – 214 #816
2002 – – 225 #767
2001 – – 218 #778
2000 – – 259 #684
1995 – – 207 #746
1990 – – 195 #731
1985 – – 120 #813
1980 – – 130 #771
1975 – – 85 #897
1970 – – 64 #1,022
1965 – – 30 #1,419
1960 – – – –
1955 – – 7 #3,314
1950 – – 6 #3,474
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Hassan

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Hassan Nasrallah Hassan Nasrallah Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024 b. 1960 · Contemporary
  2. 2 Hassan Rouhani Hassan Rouhani President of Iran from 2013 to 2021 b. 1948 · Contemporary
  3. 3 Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Somali politician (born 1955) Contemporary
  4. 4 Hassan II of Morocco Hassan II of Morocco King of Morocco from 1961 to 1999 1929–1999 · Contemporary
  5. 5 Hassan Whiteside Hassan Whiteside American basketball player (born 1989) Contemporary
  6. 6 Hassan al-Banna Hassan al-Banna Egyptian Islamist leader and politician (1906–1949) Contemporary
  7. 7 Hassan Yazdani Hassan Yazdani Iranian wrestler born 1994 Contemporary
  8. 8 Hassan Shehata Hassan Shehata Egyptian football manager (born 1947) Contemporary
  9. 9 Hassan I of Morocco Hassan I of Morocco Sultan of Morocco from 1873 to 1894 1836–1894 · 19th century
  10. 10 Hassan Gouled Aptidon Hassan Gouled Aptidon President of Djibouti from 1977 to 1999 1916–2006 · Contemporary
  11. 11 Hassan Diab Hassan Diab Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2020 to 2021 (born 1959) Contemporary
  12. 12 Hassan Fathy Hassan Fathy Egyptian architect (1900–1989) Contemporary
  13. 13 Hassan ibn Thabit Arabian poet and Companion of Muhammad 554–674 · Medieval
  14. 14 Hassan Habibi Hassan Habibi Vice President of Iran from 1989 to 2001 1937–2013 · Contemporary
  15. 15 Hassan Nader Moroccan footballer b. 1965 · Contemporary
  16. 16 Hassan Yebda Hassan Yebda Footballer (born 1984) Contemporary
  17. 17 Hassan Al-Turabi Hassan Al-Turabi Sudanese religious and political leader (1932–2016) Contemporary
  18. 18 Hassan Rahimi Hassan Rahimi Iranian wrestler (born 1989) Contemporary
  19. 19 Hassan Ali Khayre Hassan Ali Khayre Former prime minister of Somalia b. 1968 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Hassan, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Hassan?

The median living Hassan is about 19 years old. Half of all living Hassans are between 8 and 32 years old.

How many people named Hassan are alive today?

An estimated 12 thousand people named Hassan are alive in the United States, based on 12,307 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Hassan mean?

From Arabic حَسَن (ḥasan, “fine, good, good-looking, handsome, manly; strong”).

How popular is the name Hassan in 2025?

Hassan ranked #626 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 447 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Hassan?

12,307 babies have been named Hassan in the United States since 1923, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Hassan most popular?

Hassan peaked in 2025, when 447 newborns received the name.

Is Hassan a boy or girl name?

Hassan is overwhelmingly a boy's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Hassan rising or falling?

Hassan is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Hassan become more popular?

Hassan is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 556 boys named Hassan in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Hassan?

Well-known people named Hassan include Hassan Nasrallah (politician), Hassan Rouhani (politician), Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (politician).

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