Hanzel

Peak · boys
2024 · 49 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
357
since 1987

Hanzel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hanzel has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020boysat peak
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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#2,67648
2024#2,67449
2023#3,80229
2022#4,85020
2021#4,93619
2020#6,29613
2019#7,17311
2018#8,8198
2017#9,6967
2016#8,1469
2015#9,5687
2014#5,48516
2013#6,60312
2012#8,1589
2011#8,7678
2010#9,6937
2009#8,3109
2008#12,5535
2007#8,1739
2006#8,7328
2005#11,4725
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1987#6,0896
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First appearance
1987

The first year at least five boys were named Hanzel! It came in at #6,089, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1988–1989, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Hanzel is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Hanzel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Hanzel
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#2,674 → #2,676)
  • 3,620 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #2,676)
  • 6,892 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #2,676)
Rise & fade · boys
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1987
  • Peaked 2024 at #2,674 (49 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
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 35,161
  • Highest: 1 in 35,161 boys born in 2024 were named Hanzel (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 35,585 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 49.9% of all boys named Hanzel (178) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s11#6,089 (1987)#6,680
1990s26#5,382 (1990)#7,567
2000s48#8,173 (2007)#9,777
2010s94#5,485 (2014)#8,211
2020s178#2,674 (2024)#4,206

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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