Hanako
Girl · Japanese
Hanako is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Hanako mean?
Japanese
A female given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Hanako a girl's or a boy's name?
Hanako is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hanako in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Hanako, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1921, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Hanako in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hanako in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 19 | #2,061 |
| 1923 | 18 | #2,091 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,611 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,048 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,101 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,427 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,254 |
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