Han

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Han: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Han: Recorded since 1998, it reached #2,097 in 2008, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2097highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2005	#3970
2008	#4524
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2011	#3549
2012	#4171
2013	#5742
2014	#2862
2015	#3615
2016	#5785
2018	#3985
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 16 of the 24 years from 1998 to 2021.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2021
Highest recorded position: #2097 among boys in England and Wales, in 2008 (recorded 1998–2021).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Han appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 93 births with the name.

Han across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Han's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2901 (1998)	#2097 (2008)	#3017 (2021)	16 of 24	93 (1998–2021)	9 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#4598 (2004)	#2862 (2014)	#5891 (2024)	13 of 21	56 (2004–2024)	8 (2014)

Han by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Han in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	43	8 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	41	6 of 10	7
2020s	6	1 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Han appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2097 in England and Wales in 2008.

Han's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,097, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Hamzah · #202, 29y
Hana · #190, 53y
Hanaa · #1170, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Baylie · #2097, 21y
Chaudhry · #2097, 18y
Kalil · #2097, 22y
Manjot · #2097, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Baylie · #2097, 21y
Chaudhry · #2097, 18y
Hedd · #2097, 14y
Kalil · #2097, 22y

Han and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Han without appearing here.

Han moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4171 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2862 and #5691.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #4678.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4171 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2862 and #4684.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3373 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3079 and #4810.

Moved ahead of Han

Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2233.
Aksel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2458 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #1902.
Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3040 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3017 and #2125.
Cecilie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3970 and #4798 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #4524 and #3860.

Moved the same way as Han

Hayden Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Han went from #3970 to #5891 and Hayden from #3970 to #5891.

What's not yet available

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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2097 in England and Wales in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Han

Han at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Han across 2 official records

Han by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Han appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Han and the names beside it

Han moved ahead of

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Han at a glance

Han across 2 official records

Han by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Han appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Han and the names beside it

Han moved ahead of

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