Hanako Popularity by Year

Follow Hanako across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Hanako birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2025	Girls	10	#9,457	Up 99 places
2024	Girls	10	#9,556	Up 2,687 places
2022	Girls	7	#12,243	Up 2,845 places
2020	Girls	5	#15,088	Down 1,289 places
2019	Girls	6	#13,799	Down 6 places
2018	Girls	6	#13,793	Up 2,720 places
2014	Girls	5	#16,513	Up 251 places
2011	Girls	5	#16,764	Down 3,060 places
2009	Girls	7	#13,704	Down 1,125 places
2008	Girls	8	#12,579	Down 1,162 places
2006	Girls	9	#11,417	Up 5,045 places
2005	Girls	5	#16,462	Down 3,701 places
2004	Girls	7	#12,761	Down 2,336 places
2003	Girls	9	#10,425	Up 3,170 places
2002	Girls	6	#13,595	Down 2,575 places
2001	Girls	8	#11,020	Down 1,146 places
2000	Girls	9	#9,874	Up 471 places
1999	Girls	8	#10,345	Up 3,777 places
1998	Girls	5	#14,122	Down 6,380 places
1997	Girls	11	#7,742	Up 4,065 places
1996	Girls	6	#11,807	Down 1,293 places
1995	Girls	7	#10,514	Up 55 places
1994	Girls	7	#10,569	Up 2,578 places
1991	Girls	5	#13,147	Down 3,900 places
1990	Girls	8	#9,247	Down 685 places
1978	Girls	6	#8,562	Down 882 places
1974	Girls	6	#7,680	Down 4,406 places
1932	Girls	8	#3,274	Up 1,296 places
1929	Girls	5	#4,570	Down 2,073 places
1928	Girls	13	#2,497	Up 202 places
1927	Girls	12	#2,699	Up 347 places
1926	Girls	10	#3,046	Up 70 places
1925	Girls	10	#3,116	Down 1,054 places
1924	Girls	19	#2,062	Up 29 places
1923	Girls	18	#2,091	Up 521 places
1922	Girls	13	#2,612	Down 564 places
1921	Girls	19	#2,048	Up 309 places
1920	Girls	15	#2,357	Up 27 places
1919	Girls	14	#2,384	Down 282 places
1918	Girls	17	#2,102	Up 326 places
1917	Girls	13	#2,428	Up 1,124 places
1916	Girls	7	#3,552	Down 1,297 places
1915	Girls	13	#2,255	—