Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Hasson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Hal.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hasson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 355
- 355 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,053 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,053 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 276 as a first name in 2020; 3,109 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hasson’s family of names
In English usage, Hasson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Hal.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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