Hansel
Last seen for girls in 1921 at #5,099 · #1,634 for boys in 2025, 103 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1905 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,631since 1905
Hansel over time
Rank among boys' names. Hansel has never cracked the top 900 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 | — | #1,634 | 103 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,661 | 101 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,711 | 98 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,504 | 120 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,372 | 134 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,778 | 85 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,917 | 77 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,300 | 58 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,871 | 78 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,975 | 73 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,717 | 90 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,355 | 126 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,578 | 98 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,811 | 42 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,509 | 21 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,517 | 21 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,551 | 30 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,788 | 43 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,591 | 29 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,524 | 29 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,447 | 28 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,129 | 21 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,426 | 18 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,703 | 16 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,721 | 22 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,299 | 25 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,591 | 21 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,708 | 19 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,246 | 15 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,202 | 22 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,559 | 18 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,109 | 22 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,509 | 29 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,128 | 36 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,190 | 33 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,255 | 31 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,094 | 19 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,090 | 30 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,942 | 17 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,601 | 20 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,427 | 21 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,437 | 20 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,905 | 28 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,426 | 20 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,367 | 21 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,751 | 14 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,674 | 14 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #2,819 | 12 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,916 | 22 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,217 | 15 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,109 | 15 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,627 | 10 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,546 | 11 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,115 | 15 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,070 | 16 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,728 | 22 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,837 | 19 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,497 | 11 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,845 | 18 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,956 | 16 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,427 | 28 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,517 | 25 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,519 | 24 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,462 | 25 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,817 | 17 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,482 | 25 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,438 | 22 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,467 | 23 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,588 | 19 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,288 | 27 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,532 | 19 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,337 | 25 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,344 | 25 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,326 | 25 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,226 | 30 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,150 | 33 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,405 | 23 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,110 | 37 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,078 | 39 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,399 | 27 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,138 | 37 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,228 | 34 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,028 | 46 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,124 | 40 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,053 | 43 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,032 | 47 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,101 | 42 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,282 | 32 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,267 | 33 |
| 1920 | — | #1,119 | 40 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,159 | 36 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,124 | 37 | |
| 1917 | — | #982 | 44 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,240 | 29 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,015 | 39 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,608 | 15 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
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| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Hansel! It came in at #919, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1906–1910, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Hansel is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#987 · 1 in 8,130
- Texas#1,130 · 1 in 11,010
- Florida#1,491 · 1 in 16,112
- California#1,725 · 1 in 23,968
Best ever in a state: #264 in Indiana, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #987 | 12 | 1 in 8,130 |
| Texas | #1,130 | 16 | 1 in 11,010 |
| Florida | #1,491 | 6 | 1 in 16,112 |
| California | #1,725 | 9 | 1 in 23,968 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Hansel
- 27 spots since 2024 (#1,661 → #1,634)
- 144 spots since 2020 (#1,778 → #1,634)
- 83 spots since 2015 (#1,717 → #1,634)
- Biggest jump: 258 spots in 1917 (#1,240 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 142 spots in 1918 (#982 → #1,124)
- Debuted 1905
- Peaked 1905 at #919 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1905–1917
- Highest: 1 in 13,056 boys born in 2021 were named Hansel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,583 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #919 in 1905, was only 1 in 16,538 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.8% of all boys named Hansel (684) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 8 | #919 (1905) | #919 |
| 1910s | 236 | #982 (1917) | #1,239 |
| 1920s | 394 | #1,028 (1927) | #1,137 |
| 1930s | 283 | #1,078 (1931) | #1,291 |
| 1940s | 225 | #1,288 (1940) | #1,496 |
| 1950s | 179 | #1,427 (1953) | #1,974 |
| 1960s | 148 | #1,728 (1960) | #2,172 |
| 1970s | 117 | #1,916 (1971) | #2,977 |
| 1980s | 209 | #1,905 (1983) | #2,551 |
| 1990s | 246 | #2,128 (1992) | #3,050 |
| 2000s | 261 | #2,788 (2008) | #3,718 |
| 2010s | 684 | #1,355 (2014) | #2,455 |
| 2020s | 641 | #1,372 (2021) | #1,610 |
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.
Hansel in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 23,730 of them was named Hansel, which outranked 86.9% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,861Saad79
- #1,861Shannon79
- #1,861Yazan79
- #1,871Hansel78
- #1,871Aj78
- #1,871Jahari78
- #1,871Jamarcus78
- #1,883Akram77
- #1,883Braedyn77
- #1,883Bryden77
Tied with 11 names at #1,871; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.