Hank

#413 for boys in 2025, 776 births

Peak · boys
2025 · 776 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16,984
since 1908

Hank over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hank has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971boysat peak
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#413776
2024#425744
2023#444700
2022#445700
2021#434717
2020#481616
2019#458653
2018#457647
2017#451680
2016#486633
2015#535533
2014#603448
2013#632390
2012#683346
2011#691336
2010#806266
2009#1,091170
2008#1,046181
2007#1,132158
2006#1,239135
2005#1,143141
2004#1,163134
2003#1,46689
2002#1,62074
2001#1,52779
2000#1,48782
1999#1,77856
1998#1,33889
1997#1,33384
1996#1,41374
1995#1,25686
1994#1,43467
1993#1,19688
1992#1,017115
1991#1,12495
1990#1,09695
1989#1,030100
1988#97099
1987#904108
1986#94594
1985#97587
1984#89196
1983#827111
1982#98184
1981#886101
1980#92493
1979#1,05670
1978#1,09963
1977#93383
1976#95776
1975#84197
1974#749117
1973#779104
1972#766108
1971#775110
1970#660154
1969#720117
1968#655133
1967#618147
1966#596158
1965#559187
1964#580186
1963#589177
1962#632148
1961#632154
1960#625155
1959#613159
1958#633147
1957#615156
1956#590167
1955#663121
1954#553174
1953#576155
1952#681104
1951#688103
1950#75084
1949#84266
1948#81370
1947#78876
1946#84261
1945#1,00640
1944#1,21230
1943#1,08839
1942#1,22832
1941#1,44622
1940#1,31126
1939#1,23828
1938#1,61318
1937#1,44422
1936#1,32625
1935#1,49421
1934#2,7428
1933#1,70717
1932#1,84816
1931#1,77017
1930#2,17813
1929#2,58910
1928#2,8439
1927#1,69221
1926#2,56611
1925#3,7416
1924#1,77620
1923#2,02016
1922#2,34713
1921#2,9869
1920#2,9679
1919#3,3917
1918#3,0968
1917
1916#3,1777
1915#3,3926
1914#3,2645
1913
1912
1911#1,7405
1910
1909#1,2776
1908#1,3735
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First appearance
1908

The first year at least five boys were named Hank! It came in at #1,373, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1910–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Hank is popular in 1971

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedMNIllinois: #835 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 18,207 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedWIMichigan: #675 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,305 boysMINew York: #1,070 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 27,412 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedINOhio: #582 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 13,167 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #576 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,323 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedWVVirginia: #471 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,337 boysVAMaryland: #344 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,415 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #450 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,136 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Hank, so not publishedHITexas: #890 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 16,294 boysTXFlorida: #592 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,968 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Maryland#344 · 1 in 4,415
  2. Louisiana#450 · 1 in 4,136
  3. Virginia#471 · 1 in 7,337
  4. New Jersey#576 · 1 in 10,323
  5. Ohio#582 · 1 in 13,167

Best ever in a state: #91 in Montana, 2025.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#34461 in 4,415
Louisiana#45081 in 4,136
Virginia#47151 in 7,337
New Jersey#57651 in 10,323
Ohio#58271 in 13,167
Florida#59261 in 8,968
Michigan#67551 in 15,305
Illinois#83551 in 18,207
Texas#89071 in 16,294
New York#1,07051 in 27,412
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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 Hank
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 12 spots since 2024 (#425#413)
  • 68 spots since 2020 (#481#413)
  • 122 spots since 2015 (#535#413)
  • Biggest jump: 285 spots in 2010 (#1,091#806)
  • Biggest drop: 166 spots in 1978 (#933#1,099)
Rise & fade · boys
117 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1908
  • Peaked 2025 at #413 (776 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1946–1977
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,201
  • Highest: 1 in 2,201 boys born in 2025 were named Hank (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 29.0% of all boys named Hank (4,932) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s11#1,277 (1909)#1,325
1910s38#1,740 (1911)#3,010
1920s124#1,692 (1927)#2,553
1930s185#1,238 (1939)#1,736
1940s462#788 (1947)#1,058
1950s1,370#553 (1954)#636
1960s1,562#559 (1965)#621
1970s982#660 (1970)#862
1980s973#827 (1983)#933
1990s849#1,017 (1992)#1,299
2000s1,243#1,046 (2008)#1,291
2010s4,932#451 (2017)#580
2020s4,253#413 (2025)#440

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.

Hank in 1971

boys
#775
110 births · 1 in 16,077 boys

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #775Hank110
More about 1971

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 16,077 of them was named Hank, which outranked 86.3% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hank
  1. #772Sanford112
  2. #773Nickolas111
  3. #773Waylon111
  4. #775Hank110
  5. #775Harlan110
  6. #775Loyd110
  7. #778Eloy109
  8. #778Erwin109
  9. #778Gregorio109

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. 754Germaine#1,582#828
  2. 626Jeramie#1,546#920
  3. 512Jeremey#1,396#884
  4. 473Jarod#1,337#864
  5. 454Jamel#1,374#920
Fallers
  1. 328Adolph#926#1,254
  2. 272Dwane#1,000#1,272
  3. 266Bronson#861#1,127
  4. 244Mitch#921#1,165
  5. 242Enrico#839#1,081

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1971