Hanzo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAHN-zoh
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Hanzo is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Hanzo mean?
Japanese: Japanese given name
Famous from Hattori Hanzo, a 16th-century samurai who served Tokugawa Ieyasu; its meaning depends on the kanji used.
Is Hanzo a girl's or a boy's name?
Hanzo 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 Hanzo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 112% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Hanzo, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Hanzo in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hanzo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
Names like Hanzo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo, Hiro, Kenzo, Tru, Kaizen, Mikko, Zuko, Sakai, Kaito, Chozen, Kato, Akari
Names related to Hanzo
More Japanese names
Kobe, Raiden, Ren, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo, Jiraiya, Aizen, Sora
Sources
Figures from 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, “Hanzo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hanzo, updated 20 October 2026.