How Many People Are Named Handsome?
An estimated 116 people in the United States have the first name Handsome. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 12 years old, and Handsome peaked in popularity in 2013 with 13 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Handsome as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Handsome paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
116
About 1 in 2,954,779 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
12
years old
Peak Year
2013
13 births
Total Registered
117
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Handsome
Handsome is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 117 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Handsome as a male name
Ranked #11,378 in 2024
6 male births in 2024
Peak: 2013 (13 births)
Handsome: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Handsome span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 50 babies were registered. While Handsome is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Handsome by Decade
How has Handsome tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Handsome + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Handsome as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Handsome
Other first names starting with H with a similar number of bearers.
Handsome: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Handsome?
We estimate approximately 116 people named Handsome are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,954,779 Americans share this first name.
Is Handsome a common name?
Handsome is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 66.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 117 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Handsome most popular?
Handsome reached peak popularity in 2013, when 13 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Handsome is approximately 12 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Handsome a male name?
Handsome is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Handsome Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Handsome Smith, Handsome Johnson, Handsome Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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