Hansen

Peak · boys
1963 · 8 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
887
since 1917

Hansen over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hansen has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,044, 1963boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,31435
2024#3,33535
2023#3,71230
2022#4,18425
2021#3,58231
2020#3,81127
2019#4,63921
2018#3,79328
2017#4,74620
2016#3,16136
2015#4,71120
2014#3,78727
2013#5,65915
2012#5,25617
2011#4,22123
2010#6,69812
2009#5,55416
2008#5,48716
2007#4,12724
2006#5,07217
2005#3,24131
2004#4,00522
2003#4,61617
2002#3,79422
2001#4,30218
2000#6,31610
1999#3,37623
1998#4,41315
1997#3,87717
1996#7,1367
1995#3,85416
1994#4,09415
1993#4,02015
1992#3,45918
1991#5,09610
1990#4,40712
1989#6,2297
1988#4,45010
1987#3,07216
1986#3,26814
1985#3,40113
1984#5,5616
1983#5,4846
1982#3,48212
1981#4,5098
1980#4,9407
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1978#4,5547
1977#5,1236
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1971#4,3756
1970#4,7245
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five boys were named Hansen! It came in at #3,545, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1950, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Hansen is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,203 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,246 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Hansen, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246

Best ever in a state: #1,497 in Texas, 1992.

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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 Hansen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 21 spots since 2024 (#3,335 → #3,314)
  • 497 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #3,314)
  • 1,397 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #3,314)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1963 at #3,044 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 48,802
  • Highest: 1 in 48,802 boys born in 2025 were named Hansen (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,044 in 1963, was only 1 in 253,885 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 24.7% of all boys named Hansen (219) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#3,545 (1917)#3,545
1920s0——
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1950s7#3,066 (1951)#3,066
1960s8#3,044 (1963)#3,044
1970s24#4,375 (1971)#4,694
1980s99#3,072 (1987)#4,440
1990s148#3,376 (1999)#4,373
2000s193#3,241 (2005)#4,651
2010s219#3,161 (2016)#4,667
2020s183#3,314 (2025)#3,656

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.

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