How Many People Are Named Hanif?
people named Hanif are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 449,125 people in the US has this name
Based on 784 babies named Hanif in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
29 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "true, upright" in Arabic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hanif in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hanif alive today is about 24 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hanif first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2004, to 29 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hanif has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,624, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #9,201.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,201 |
| Best rank | #2,624 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,466 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hanif alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hanif were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 134 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hanif was given about 19.6 times as often in Pennsylvania.
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