girls:
626 births since 1977
#5090 (11th percentile)
boys:
727 births since 1968
#3860 (16th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1968
#6390 (17th percentile)
The name Han is the #6,390 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,353 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 17.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,860 (15.8% percentile) for all time with 727 births since 1968. For girls, it ranks #5,090 (10.9% percentile) for all time with 626 births since 1977.
Han first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (1968 for boys and 1977 for girls). Birth data for Han is available in 51 out of the 56 years between 1968 and 2023 (51 years for boys and 46 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Han is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 73.0% of babies named Han were boys.
For boys, Han reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #888) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Han ranks #889 for boys (2.4% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 92.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Han reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #887) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Han ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 45.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Han".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Han. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.6% confident that Han is pronounced as han, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is hahn, at 18.8% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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