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Boy's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: steady

HasanIn Hebrew: חסן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: חַסַן

Hasan (Hebrew: חסן) is a boy's name of Arabic origin. 9,947 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 145 boys and ranked #131. Its peak year was 2017, with 188 babies.

People in Israel
9,947
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
145
rank #131
Peak year
2017
188 babies
USA, 2025
184
rank #1,145

Writing and saying Hasan

In Hebrew letters the name is חסן, read right to left. Hasan is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Hasan by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Hasan: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Hasan in English-speaking countries

Hasan in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025184#1,1452025 (184)
United Kingdom202592#4712002 (180)
England and Wales202586#4482002 (177)
Scotland20256#4952017 (10)
Ireland20255#5522024 (5)
British Columbia20236#4932023 (6)
Alberta202512#3882025 (12)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Hasan has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Hasan

How do you write Hasan in Hebrew?

Hasan is written חסן in Hebrew (with vowel points: חַסַן). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Hasan?

9,947 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name חסן: 146 women and 9,801 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Hasan a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 98.5% of the people named חסן are men.

Is Hasan used outside Israel?

The name Hasan appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 184 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,145), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 92 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.