Hans
Last seen for girls in 1969 at #7,471 · #1,323 for boys in 2025, 146 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 33 births
- Debut · boys
- 21 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,677since 1880
Hans over time
Rank among boys' names. Hans has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,323 | 146 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,324 | 145 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,558 | 112 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,393 | 133 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,349 | 137 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,463 | 117 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,420 | 123 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,431 | 122 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,256 | 145 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,349 | 132 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,416 | 121 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,313 | 134 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,578 | 98 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,676 | 91 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,017 | 67 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,543 | 104 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,472 | 113 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,504 | 108 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,412 | 115 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,360 | 119 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,225 | 129 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,316 | 112 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,167 | 128 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,346 | 98 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,114 | 127 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,075 | 132 | |
| 1999 | — | #948 | 153 | |
| 1998 | — | #939 | 150 | |
| 1997 | — | #951 | 141 | |
| 1996 | — | #999 | 125 | |
| 1995 | — | #887 | 152 | |
| 1994 | — | #924 | 141 | |
| 1993 | — | #871 | 149 | |
| 1992 | — | #798 | 171 | |
| 1991 | — | #817 | 161 | |
| 1990 | — | #741 | 189 | |
| 1989 | — | #729 | 183 | |
| 1988 | — | #749 | 160 | |
| 1987 | — | #712 | 164 | |
| 1986 | — | #672 | 178 | |
| 1985 | — | #656 | 179 | |
| 1984 | — | #627 | 185 | |
| 1983 | — | #649 | 174 | |
| 1982 | — | #589 | 215 | |
| 1981 | — | #573 | 222 | |
| 1980 | — | #597 | 211 | |
| 1979 | — | #613 | 194 | |
| 1978 | — | #617 | 182 | |
| 1977 | — | #588 | 205 | |
| 1976 | — | #586 | 194 | |
| 1975 | — | #575 | 196 | |
| 1974 | — | #517 | 233 | |
| 1973 | — | #521 | 228 | |
| 1972 | — | #529 | 224 | |
| 1971 | — | #496 | 266 | |
| 1970 | — | #492 | 271 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #477 | 257 |
| 1968 | — | #489 | 242 | |
| 1967 | — | #464 | 268 | |
| 1966 | — | #496 | 233 | |
| 1965 | — | #511 | 222 | |
| 1964 | — | #497 | 252 | |
| 1963 | — | #518 | 238 | |
| 1962 | — | #546 | 212 | |
| 1961 | — | #553 | 203 | |
| 1960 | — | #548 | 206 | |
| 1959 | — | #584 | 180 | |
| 1958 | — | #568 | 185 | |
| 1957 | — | #650 | 140 | |
| 1956 | — | #605 | 158 | |
| 1955 | — | #604 | 150 | |
| 1954 | — | #655 | 123 | |
| 1953 | — | #649 | 121 | |
| 1952 | — | #775 | 82 | |
| 1951 | — | #813 | 75 | |
| 1950 | — | #844 | 65 | |
| 1949 | — | #878 | 61 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,047 | 45 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,029 | 49 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,176 | 35 | |
| 1945 | — | #971 | 43 | |
| 1944 | — | #898 | 50 | |
| 1943 | — | #943 | 50 | |
| 1942 | — | #748 | 73 | |
| 1941 | — | #817 | 60 | |
| 1940 | — | #738 | 69 | |
| 1939 | — | #805 | 57 | |
| 1938 | — | #694 | 76 | |
| 1937 | — | #729 | 69 | |
| 1936 | — | #679 | 76 | |
| 1935 | — | #710 | 73 | |
| 1934 | — | #623 | 92 | |
| 1933 | — | #650 | 80 | |
| 1932 | — | #668 | 83 | |
| 1931 | — | #656 | 83 | |
| 1930 | — | #610 | 101 | |
| 1929 | — | #661 | 87 | |
| 1928 | — | #786 | 68 | |
| 1927 | — | #684 | 89 | |
| 1926 | — | #642 | 96 | |
| 1925 | — | #717 | 81 | |
| 1924 | — | #886 | 61 | |
| 1923 | — | #835 | 66 | |
| 1922 | — | #871 | 62 | |
| 1921 | — | #834 | 68 | |
| 1920 | — | #853 | 63 | |
| 1919 | — | #839 | 61 | |
| 1918 | — | #723 | 78 | |
| 1917 | — | #640 | 86 | |
| 1916 | — | #630 | 85 | |
| 1915 | — | #572 | 98 | |
| 1914 | — | #585 | 73 | |
| 1913 | — | #509 | 72 | |
| 1912 | — | #532 | 56 | |
| 1911 | — | #597 | 26 | |
| 1910 | — | #546 | 27 | |
| 1909 | — | #473 | 29 | |
| 1908 | — | #657 | 16 | |
| 1907 | — | #699 | 14 | |
| 1906 | — | #590 | 16 | |
| 1905 | — | #574 | 17 | |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #550 | 16 | |
| 1902 | — | #521 | 17 | |
| 1901 | — | #536 | 14 | |
| 1900 | — | #578 | 18 | |
| 1899 | — | #457 | 17 | |
| 1898 | — | #377 | 27 | |
| 1897 | — | #411 | 21 | |
| 1896 | — | #518 | 16 | |
| 1895 | — | #414 | 22 | |
| 1894 | — | #439 | 19 | |
| 1893 | — | #509 | 14 | |
| 1892 | — | #357 | 28 | |
| 1891 | — | #340 | 25 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #351 | 25 | |
| 1888 | — | #353 | 27 | |
| 1887 | — | #340 | 23 | |
| 1886 | — | #397 | 20 | |
| 1885 | — | #290 | 33 | |
| 1884 | — | #344 | 26 | |
| 1883 | — | #309 | 28 | |
| 1882 | — | #332 | 27 | |
| 1881 | — | #342 | 23 | |
| 1880 | — | #373 | 21 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hans was already there! It came in at #373, and was given to 21 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1894, when fewer than 20 boys a year got the name.
Where Hans is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#145 · 1 in 729
- Minnesota#236 · 1 in 1,880
- Wisconsin#241 · 1 in 2,229
- New Jersey#278 · 1 in 4,848
- Iowa#289 · 1 in 3,008
Best ever in a state: #110 in Alaska, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #145 | 7 | 1 in 729 |
| Minnesota | #236 | 10 | 1 in 1,880 |
| Wisconsin | #241 | 9 | 1 in 2,229 |
| New Jersey | #278 | 5 | 1 in 4,848 |
| Iowa | #289 | 6 | 1 in 3,008 |
| Massachusetts | #338 | 5 | 1 in 5,813 |
| Michigan | #397 | 5 | 1 in 5,515 |
| Illinois | #492 | 5 | 1 in 9,940 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Hans
- 1 spot since 2024 (#1,324 → #1,323)
- 140 spots since 2020 (#1,463 → #1,323)
- 93 spots since 2015 (#1,416 → #1,323)
- Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1909 (#657 → #473)
- Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1946 (#971 → #1,176)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #290 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1880–1945
- Highest: 1 in 3,267 boys born in 1885 were named Hans (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,699 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 14.9% of all boys named Hans (2,333) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 253 | #290 (1885) | #343 |
| 1890s | 206 | #340 (1891) | #426 |
| 1900s | 174 | #473 (1909) | #572 |
| 1910s | 662 | #509 (1913) | #617 |
| 1920s | 741 | #642 (1926) | #777 |
| 1930s | 790 | #610 (1930) | #682 |
| 1940s | 535 | #738 (1940) | #925 |
| 1950s | 1,279 | #568 (1958) | #675 |
| 1960s | 2,333 | #464 (1967) | #510 |
| 1970s | 2,193 | #492 (1970) | #553 |
| 1980s | 1,871 | #573 (1981) | #655 |
| 1990s | 1,532 | #741 (1990) | #888 |
| 2000s | 1,181 | #1,075 (2000) | #1,299 |
| 2010s | 1,137 | #1,256 (2017) | #1,500 |
| 2020s | 790 | #1,323 (2025) | #1,402 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hans in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 10,472 of them was named Hans, which outranked 86.1% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).