Alhassan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- al-HAS-an
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Alhassan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the handsome, the good”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Alhassan mean?
Arabic: West African form of al-Hasan
“the handsome, the good”
Hasan ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is the name's most revered bearer.
Is Alhassan a girl's or a boy's name?
Alhassan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alhassan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 boys.
Alhassan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
How popular is Alhassan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Alhassan, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Alhassan than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Alhassan in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alhassan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
Names like Alhassan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Abdullah, Abdulrahman, Zayaan, Zayan, Mustafa, Azaan, Abdurrahman, Ahmed, Zayd, Musa, Hamza
Names related to Alhassan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alhassan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alhassan, updated 20 October 2026.