girls:
2k births since 1966
#3840 (33rd percentile)
boys:
139 births since 1988
#4447 (3rd percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1966
#5670 (27th percentile)
The name Hanan is the #5,670 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,115 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 26.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,840 (32.8% percentile) for all time with 1,976 births since 1966. For boys, it ranks #4,447 (3.0% percentile) for all time with 139 births since 1988.
Hanan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (1966 for girls and 1988 for boys). Birth data for Hanan is available in 55 out of the 58 years between 1966 and 2023 (55 years for girls and 20 years for boys). 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 Hanan has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 79.7% of babies named Hanan were girls.
For girls, Hanan reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 6.5% percentile (ranked #895) with 35 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 36 births per million (ranked 6.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Hanan ranks #905 for girls (4.4% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 74.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Hanan reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #904) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Hanan is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #904 (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hanan".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Hanan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 23.8% confident that Hanan is pronounced as huh-NUHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HAH-nuhn, at 21.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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