Hans

Last seen for girls in 1969 at #7,471 · #1,323 for boys in 2025, 146 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#290
1885 · 33 births
Debut · boys
1880
21 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
15,677
since 1880

Hans over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hans has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #290, 1885boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,323146
2024—#1,324145
2023—#1,558112
2022—#1,393133
2021—#1,349137
2020—#1,463117
2019—#1,420123
2018—#1,431122
2017—#1,256145
2016—#1,349132
2015—#1,416121
2014—#1,313134
2013—#1,57898
2012—#1,67691
2011—#2,01767
2010—#1,543104
2009—#1,472113
2008—#1,504108
2007—#1,412115
2006—#1,360119
2005—#1,225129
2004—#1,316112
2003—#1,167128
2002—#1,34698
2001—#1,114127
2000—#1,075132
1999—#948153
1998—#939150
1997—#951141
1996—#999125
1995—#887152
1994—#924141
1993—#871149
1992—#798171
1991—#817161
1990—#741189
1989—#729183
1988—#749160
1987—#712164
1986—#672178
1985—#656179
1984—#627185
1983—#649174
1982—#589215
1981—#573222
1980—#597211
1979—#613194
1978—#617182
1977—#588205
1976—#586194
1975—#575196
1974—#517233
1973—#521228
1972—#529224
1971—#496266
1970—#492271
1969#7,4715#477257
1968—#489242
1967—#464268
1966—#496233
1965—#511222
1964—#497252
1963—#518238
1962—#546212
1961—#553203
1960—#548206
1959—#584180
1958—#568185
1957—#650140
1956—#605158
1955—#604150
1954—#655123
1953—#649121
1952—#77582
1951—#81375
1950—#84465
1949—#87861
1948—#1,04745
1947—#1,02949
1946—#1,17635
1945—#97143
1944—#89850
1943—#94350
1942—#74873
1941—#81760
1940—#73869
1939—#80557
1938—#69476
1937—#72969
1936—#67976
1935—#71073
1934—#62392
1933—#65080
1932—#66883
1931—#65683
1930—#610101
1929—#66187
1928—#78668
1927—#68489
1926—#64296
1925—#71781
1924—#88661
1923—#83566
1922—#87162
1921—#83468
1920—#85363
1919—#83961
1918—#72378
1917—#64086
1916—#63085
1915—#57298
1914—#58573
1913—#50972
1912—#53256
1911—#59726
1910—#54627
1909—#47329
1908—#65716
1907—#69914
1906—#59016
1905—#57417
1904—#53817
1903—#55016
1902—#52117
1901—#53614
1900—#57818
1899—#45717
1898—#37727
1897—#41121
1896—#51816
1895—#41422
1894—#43919
1893—#50914
1892—#35728
1891—#34025
1890—#43417
1889—#35125
1888—#35327
1887—#34023
1886—#39720
1885—#29033
1884—#34426
1883—#30928
1882—#33227
1881—#34223
1880—#37321
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hans was already there! It came in at #373, and was given to 21 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1893–1894, when fewer than 20 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hans
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#1,324 → #1,323)
  • 140 spots since 2020 (#1,463 → #1,323)
  • 93 spots since 2015 (#1,416 → #1,323)
  • Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1909 (#657 → #473)
  • Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1946 (#971 → #1,176)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #290 (33 births)
  • Births halved by 1893, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 117 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1880–1945
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,267
  • Highest: 1 in 3,267 boys born in 1885 were named Hans (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,699 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 14.9% of all boys named Hans (2,333) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s253#290 (1885)#343
1890s206#340 (1891)#426
1900s174#473 (1909)#572
1910s662#509 (1913)#617
1920s741#642 (1926)#777
1930s790#610 (1930)#682
1940s535#738 (1940)#925
1950s1,279#568 (1958)#675
1960s2,333#464 (1967)#510
1970s2,193#492 (1970)#553
1980s1,871#573 (1981)#655
1990s1,532#741 (1990)#888
2000s1,181#1,075 (2000)#1,299
2010s1,137#1,256 (2017)#1,500
2020s790#1,323 (2025)#1,402

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.

Hans in 1969

girls
#7,471
5 births · 1 in 337,403 girls
boys
#477
257 births · 1 in 6,958 boys

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #7,471Hans5

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #477Hans257
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 337,403 of them was named Hans, which outranked 14.2% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hans
  1. #6,617Yevonne6
  2. #6,617Yoshiko6
  3. #6,617Zonya6
  4. #7,471Hans5
  5. #7,471Adana5
  6. #7,471Adine5
  7. #7,471Adreana5

Tied with 1,237 names at #7,471; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,462Shani#2,126 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,203Julissa#2,164 → #961
  3. ↑ 1,133Chelsea#1,834 → #701
  4. ↑ 667Latasha#1,519 → #852
  5. ↑ 549Britt#1,519 → #970
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Tamiko#552 → #1,007
  2. ↓ 345Alesia#697 → #1,042
  3. ↓ 324Vickey#966 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 308Bettina#746 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 293Cammie#846 → #1,139

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

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 6,958 of them was named Hans, which outranked 90.5% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hans
  1. #474Darwin260
  2. #475Roosevelt259
  3. #476Felipe258
  4. #477Hans257
  5. #478Rogelio256
  6. #479Cody255
  7. #479Jamal255
Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →