Hassan
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. From Arabic حَسَّان (ḥassān, “doer of good”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Hassan (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Hassan has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2016. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | 25 |
| 1999 | – | 23 |
| 2000 | – | 27 |
| 2001 | – | 31 |
| 2002 | – | 21 |
| 2003 | – | 32 |
| 2004 | – | 30 |
| 2005 | 2 | 24 |
| 2006 | – | 38 |
| 2007 | – | 35 |
| 2008 | – | 27 |
| 2009 | – | 46 |
| 2010 | – | 34 |
| 2011 | – | 44 |
| 2012 | – | 40 |
| 2013 | – | 36 |
| 2014 | – | 46 |
| 2015 | – | 48 |
| 2016 | – | 56 |
| 2017 | – | 51 |
| 2018 | – | 37 |
| 2019 | – | 36 |
| 2020 | – | 32 |
| 2021 | – | 44 |
| 2022 | – | 17 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 1,397 |
| 2000 | – | 1,449 |
| 2001 | – | 1,514 |
| 2002 | – | 1,572 |
| 2003 | – | 1,629 |
| 2004 | – | 1,698 |
| 2005 | 12 | 1,739 |
| 2006 | 13 | 1,898 |
| 2007 | 14 | 2,052 |
| 2008 | 13 | 2,190 |
| 2009 | 14 | 2,349 |
| 2010 | 15 | 2,486 |
| 2011 | 13 | 2,612 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,782 |
| 2013 | 13 | 3,030 |
| 2014 | 10 | 3,248 |
| 2015 | – | 3,449 |
| 2016 | 10 | 3,777 |
| 2017 | 11 | 4,021 |
| 2018 | 10 | 4,208 |
| 2019 | – | 4,352 |
| 2020 | – | 4,402 |
Hassan in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Hassan.Hi! My name is Hassan.
- Hassan ringde och sa att han blir lite sen.Hassan called and said he'll be a bit late.
- Jag ska fika med Hassan i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Hassan this afternoon.
- Hassans mamma är lärare.Hassan's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Hassans mamma is Hassan's mum.
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What does the name Hassan mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. From Arabic حَسَّان (ḥassān, “doer of good”).
How popular is Hassan in Sweden?
17 babies were named Hassan in 2022. In 2020, 4,402 people in Sweden had Hassan as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2016 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.