Hasan

What Hasan means

Means “fine, good, good-looking, handsome, manly; strong”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Hasan” (revision 94539970), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Hasan?

US: Rising: up from #1374 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #429 in 2015, #448 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 184 boys got the name (#1145 that year). First in the US records in 1958.

How common

• About 1 in 9,283 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,162 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,274 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in IL (0.38 per 1,000 boys), VA (0.27 per 1,000 boys), MD (0.26 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Hasan is #1145 in the US and #448 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Hasan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Hassan447 US · 191 E&W
• Hazen90 US · 4 E&W
• Husayn31 US · 18 E&W
• Haysen18 US
• Husain8 US · 5 E&W
• Hassaan0 US · 9 E&W
• Hasson7 US
• Hasaan7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Hassan

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Hasan

Boys

• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Salem#679Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #679 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Musa#469Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #64 vs #469 in 2025
• Ali#306“high, exalted”^*
• Zayn#251“beauty”^*

For a sister

• Salem#435Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,425 in 2015, #435 in 2025
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Noor#659“light”^*
• Alia#587Feminine form of Ali, meaning “high, exalted”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Hasan’s. Rank is US 2025.