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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #290, 1885boys
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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
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 2000

boys
#1,075
132 births · 1 in 14,879 boys

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #1,075Hans132
More about 2000

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 14,879 of them was named Hans, which outranked 91.1% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hans
  1. #1,070Fletcher133
  2. #1,070Jade133
  3. #1,070Treyton133
  4. #1,075Hans132
  5. #1,075Blayne132
  6. #1,075Coleton132
  7. #1,075Hakeem132
  8. #1,080Daron131
  9. #1,080Elvin131
  10. #1,080Waylon131

Tied with 4 names at #1,075; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,806Maximus#5,656 → #850
  2. ↑ 2,950Elian#3,376 → #426
  3. ↑ 438Axel#799 → #361
  4. ↑ 437Luca#1,063 → #626
  5. ↑ 403Jevon#1,039 → #636
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,334Trajan#996 → #2,330
  2. ↓ 498Jordi#743 → #1,241
  3. ↓ 322Auston#931 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 298Tyreke#737 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 274Tahj#863 → #1,137

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

See the top 100 for 2000 →