Hasan
Meaning
handsome, good
The story
Hasan is Arabic, handsome and good in a single word, and it entered nearly every Muslim naming tradition through one person: Hasan ibn Ali, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, whose name tradition holds was chosen for the newborn with divine guidance. From Arabic it spread to Turkish, where it became a national staple, along with Persian, Urdu, and Bosnian usage, with Hassan as the common double-s variant. The US curve shows the name arriving in the 1960s and strengthening steadily from the 1990s through the 2020s, tracking the growth of American Muslim communities. Fourteen centuries of continuous use, on the strength of one beloved grandson and a meaning every family wants anyway. Its spelling may double the s in English, but the long tradition is the same.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Hasan peaked in the 1990s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
61 people · the #58,130 first name in Brazil · median age 35
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Hasan
Most people given the name Hasan in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Hasan deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Hasan truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Hasan fits with your family’s names and surname.
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