Hassan

What Hassan means

Means “doer of good”

From Arabic حَسَّان (ḥassān, “doer of good”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Hassan” (revision 94539963), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Hassan?

US: Rising: up from #757 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #262 in 2015, #247 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 447 boys got the name (#625 that year). First in the US records in 1923.

How common

• About 1 in 3,821 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,424 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,964 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 MI (1.44 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.71 per 1,000 boys), MN (0.65 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Hassan is #625 in the US and #247 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 Hassan were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Hasan184 US · 86 E&W
• Hussain79 US · 127 E&W
• Haysen18 US
• Hassaan0 US · 9 E&W
• Hasson7 US
• Hasaan7 US
• Hassen5 US
• Hasen5 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.

If you like Hassan

Boys

• Salem#679Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #679 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Musa#469Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #64 vs #469 in 2025
• Mustafa#760“the chosen one”^*
• Zayn#251“beauty”^*
• Idris#694Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #142 vs #694 in 2025

For a sister

• Salem#435Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,425 in 2015, #435 in 2025
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• 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
• Amina#315“faithful, trustworthy”^*
• 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 Hassan’s. Rank is US 2025.