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How popular is the name Han?
Births per year, rank history and how many Hans are alive today.
Han (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2008, when 9 babies were given the name, the 2097th most popular that year. It has declined since 2008; the 2025 figure is roughly 33% of its peak. Han is one spelling of a name also recorded as Hon; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Han you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old - or else around 32: the name has two living generations. Half of all Hans born in England and Wales are between 11 and 28, and there are at least 150 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Han - on average, only one in every 2,020 such rooms contains a Han.
How many babies are named Han each year?
Includes all spellings: Han, Hon. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Han spelling rank?
Where does the Hon spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Han most popular?
Han peaked in 2008, when 9 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Han?
At least 150 people named Han in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Han?
Most living Hans are between 11 and 28; the most common age is about 15. There is a second cluster around 32.
Is Han becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2008 peak.