Hanson
- #2,991 for boys in 2025, 41 births
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,839since 1883
Hanson over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Hanson has never cracked the top 800 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,991 | 41 |
| 2024 | #2,835 | 45 |
| 2023 | #2,848 | 44 |
| 2022 | #3,053 | 40 |
| 2021 | #3,497 | 32 |
| 2020 | #3,202 | 35 |
| 2019 | #2,943 | 41 |
| 2018 | #2,355 | 56 |
| 2017 | #2,798 | 43 |
| 2016 | #3,059 | 38 |
| 2015 | #2,809 | 42 |
| 2014 | #2,582 | 47 |
| 2013 | #3,060 | 36 |
| 2012 | #2,772 | 43 |
| 2011 | #2,950 | 39 |
| 2010 | #3,531 | 30 |
| 2009 | #4,278 | 23 |
| 2008 | #3,744 | 28 |
| 2007 | #3,379 | 32 |
| 2006 | #3,686 | 27 |
| 2005 | #3,447 | 28 |
| 2004 | #3,534 | 26 |
| 2003 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 2002 | #2,470 | 40 |
| 2001 | #2,864 | 32 |
| 2000 | #2,578 | 36 |
| 1999 | #3,279 | 24 |
| 1998 | #2,782 | 29 |
| 1997 | #2,680 | 29 |
| 1996 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #3,303 | 20 |
| 1994 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #3,141 | 21 |
| 1992 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #3,325 | 17 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #2,529 | 19 |
| 1983 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,820 | 17 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five boys were named Hanson! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Hanson is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- California#1,998 · 1 in 25,068
- Texas#2,574 · 1 in 35,010
Best ever in a state: #452 in Arizona, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,998 | 7 | 1 in 25,068 |
| Texas | #2,574 | 5 | 1 in 35,010 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 156 spots since 2024 (#2,835 → #2,991)
- 211 spots since 2020 (#3,202 → #2,991)
- 182 spots since 2015 (#2,809 → #2,991)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #892 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1883
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,925
- Highest: 1 in 20,925 boys born in 1883 were named Hanson (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 41,660 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 22.6% of all boys named Hanson (415) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #892 (1883) | #892 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,051 (1899) | #1,051 |
| 1900s | 21 | #1,130 (1903) | #1,234 |
| 1910s | 64 | #1,676 (1913) | #2,596 |
| 1920s | 97 | #2,193 (1925) | #2,865 |
| 1930s | 75 | #2,003 (1931) | #2,793 |
| 1940s | 90 | #1,820 (1949) | #2,558 |
| 1950s | 80 | #2,135 (1951) | #2,900 |
| 1960s | 60 | #2,848 (1962) | #3,252 |
| 1970s | 65 | #3,168 (1979) | #4,067 |
| 1980s | 126 | #2,529 (1984) | #3,739 |
| 1990s | 192 | #2,680 (1997) | #3,668 |
| 2000s | 307 | #2,470 (2002) | #3,276 |
| 2010s | 415 | #2,355 (2018) | #2,886 |
| 2020s | 237 | #2,835 (2024) | #3,071 |
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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