How Many People Are Named Hanako?
people named Hanako are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,780,129 people in the US has this name
Based on 397 babies named Hanako in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
19 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other kanji combinations.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hanako in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hanako alive today is about 22 years old, and 78% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hanako first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1921, to 19 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hanako has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,076, in 1921. In 2025 it ranked #9,685.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,685 |
| Best rank | #2,076 (1921) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,535 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hanako alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hanako were born in California than in any other state: about 6 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hanako was given about 288 times as often in Hawaii.
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