Hank
#413 for boys in 2025, 776 births
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 776 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,984since 1908
Hank over time
Rank among boys' names. Hank has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | #413 | 776 |
| 2024 | #425 | 744 |
| 2023 | #444 | 700 |
| 2022 | #445 | 700 |
| 2021 | #434 | 717 |
| 2020 | #481 | 616 |
| 2019 | #458 | 653 |
| 2018 | #457 | 647 |
| 2017 | #451 | 680 |
| 2016 | #486 | 633 |
| 2015 | #535 | 533 |
| 2014 | #603 | 448 |
| 2013 | #632 | 390 |
| 2012 | #683 | 346 |
| 2011 | #691 | 336 |
| 2010 | #806 | 266 |
| 2009 | #1,091 | 170 |
| 2008 | #1,046 | 181 |
| 2007 | #1,132 | 158 |
| 2006 | #1,239 | 135 |
| 2005 | #1,143 | 141 |
| 2004 | #1,163 | 134 |
| 2003 | #1,466 | 89 |
| 2002 | #1,620 | 74 |
| 2001 | #1,527 | 79 |
| 2000 | #1,487 | 82 |
| 1999 | #1,778 | 56 |
| 1998 | #1,338 | 89 |
| 1997 | #1,333 | 84 |
| 1996 | #1,413 | 74 |
| 1995 | #1,256 | 86 |
| 1994 | #1,434 | 67 |
| 1993 | #1,196 | 88 |
| 1992 | #1,017 | 115 |
| 1991 | #1,124 | 95 |
| 1990 | #1,096 | 95 |
| 1989 | #1,030 | 100 |
| 1988 | #970 | 99 |
| 1987 | #904 | 108 |
| 1986 | #945 | 94 |
| 1985 | #975 | 87 |
| 1984 | #891 | 96 |
| 1983 | #827 | 111 |
| 1982 | #981 | 84 |
| 1981 | #886 | 101 |
| 1980 | #924 | 93 |
| 1979 | #1,056 | 70 |
| 1978 | #1,099 | 63 |
| 1977 | #933 | 83 |
| 1976 | #957 | 76 |
| 1975 | #841 | 97 |
| 1974 | #749 | 117 |
| 1973 | #779 | 104 |
| 1972 | #766 | 108 |
| 1971 | #775 | 110 |
| 1970 | #660 | 154 |
| 1969 | #720 | 117 |
| 1968 | #655 | 133 |
| 1967 | #618 | 147 |
| 1966 | #596 | 158 |
| 1965 | #559 | 187 |
| 1964 | #580 | 186 |
| 1963 | #589 | 177 |
| 1962 | #632 | 148 |
| 1961 | #632 | 154 |
| 1960 | #625 | 155 |
| 1959 | #613 | 159 |
| 1958 | #633 | 147 |
| 1957 | #615 | 156 |
| 1956 | #590 | 167 |
| 1955 | #663 | 121 |
| 1954 | #553 | 174 |
| 1953 | #576 | 155 |
| 1952 | #681 | 104 |
| 1951 | #688 | 103 |
| 1950 | #750 | 84 |
| 1949 | #842 | 66 |
| 1948 | #813 | 70 |
| 1947 | #788 | 76 |
| 1946 | #842 | 61 |
| 1945 | #1,006 | 40 |
| 1944 | #1,212 | 30 |
| 1943 | #1,088 | 39 |
| 1942 | #1,228 | 32 |
| 1941 | #1,446 | 22 |
| 1940 | #1,311 | 26 |
| 1939 | #1,238 | 28 |
| 1938 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,444 | 22 |
| 1936 | #1,326 | 25 |
| 1935 | #1,494 | 21 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #1,770 | 17 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #1,692 | 21 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #1,776 | 20 |
| 1923 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | — | |
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| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
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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.
See more about Hank
- 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)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 2025 at #413 (776 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1946–1977
- Highest: 1 in 2,201 boys born in 2025 were named Hank (0.05%)
- 29.0% of all boys named Hank (4,932) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | #1,277 (1909) | #1,325 |
| 1910s | 38 | #1,740 (1911) | #3,010 |
| 1920s | 124 | #1,692 (1927) | #2,553 |
| 1930s | 185 | #1,238 (1939) | #1,736 |
| 1940s | 462 | #788 (1947) | #1,058 |
| 1950s | 1,370 | #553 (1954) | #636 |
| 1960s | 1,562 | #559 (1965) | #621 |
| 1970s | 982 | #660 (1970) | #862 |
| 1980s | 973 | #827 (1983) | #933 |
| 1990s | 849 | #1,017 (1992) | #1,299 |
| 2000s | 1,243 | #1,046 (2008) | #1,291 |
| 2010s | 4,932 | #451 (2017) | #580 |
| 2020s | 4,253 | #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 2024
Top boys' names in 2024
More about 2024
boys
1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 2,316 of them was named Hank, which outranked 97.0% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.