Hanson

#2,991 for boys in 2025, 41 births

Peak · boys
1883 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,839
since 1883

Hanson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hanson has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201883peak #892, 1883boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,99141
2024#2,83545
2023#2,84844
2022#3,05340
2021#3,49732
2020#3,20235
2019#2,94341
2018#2,35556
2017#2,79843
2016#3,05938
2015#2,80942
2014#2,58247
2013#3,06036
2012#2,77243
2011#2,95039
2010#3,53130
2009#4,27823
2008#3,74428
2007#3,37932
2006#3,68627
2005#3,44728
2004#3,53426
2003#2,78035
2002#2,47040
2001#2,86432
2000#2,57836
1999#3,27924
1998#2,78229
1997#2,68029
1996#4,61313
1995#3,30320
1994#3,75117
1993#3,14121
1992#4,56412
1991#5,09610
1990#3,46717
1989#3,32517
1988#5,2008
1987#3,73112
1986#3,65312
1985#2,94216
1984#2,52919
1983#2,67617
1982#4,2349
1981#4,9617
1980#4,1349
1979#3,16813
1978#4,5547
1977#3,60610
1976#3,7249
1975#3,6599
1974#4,1907
1973
1972
1971#4,9075
1970#4,7245
1969
1968#3,1078
1967#3,9665
1966#2,9868
1965
1964#2,8549
1963#3,3187
1962#2,8489
1961#2,9009
1960#4,0385
1959#3,9885
1958#2,50611
1957#2,27413
1956#3,2167
1955#2,9648
1954#2,7439
1953#2,9058
1952#3,3736
1951#2,13513
1950
1949#1,82017
1948#3,6685
1947#1,91616
1946#2,6908
1945#2,3939
1944#3,4305
1943#2,40510
1942#2,5239
1941
1940#2,17911
1939#2,8297
1938
1937#2,33210
1936#3,5495
1935#2,7198
1934#2,5639
1933#3,0047
1932#2,8498
1931#2,00314
1930#3,2897
1929#2,9808
1928#3,6976
1927#2,52311
1926#2,72510
1925#2,19314
1924#3,2608
1923#3,1758
1922#2,34713
1921#2,9869
1920#2,76510
1919#3,1158
1918#2,8829
1917#2,42311
1916#2,54310
1915#2,6219
1914#2,9156
1913#1,67611
1912
1911
1910
1909#1,4405
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904#1,2055
1903#1,1305
1902
1901
1900#1,1626
1899#1,0515
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
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1884
1883#8925
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five boys were named Hanson! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hanson
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 156 spots since 2024 (#2,835#2,991)
  • 211 spots since 2020 (#3,202#2,991)
  • 182 spots since 2015 (#2,809#2,991)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1883 at #892 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1883
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,925
  • Highest: 1 in 20,925 boys born in 1883 were named Hanson (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 41,660 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 22.6% of all boys named Hanson (415) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#892 (1883)#892
1890s5#1,051 (1899)#1,051
1900s21#1,130 (1903)#1,234
1910s64#1,676 (1913)#2,596
1920s97#2,193 (1925)#2,865
1930s75#2,003 (1931)#2,793
1940s90#1,820 (1949)#2,558
1950s80#2,135 (1951)#2,900
1960s60#2,848 (1962)#3,252
1970s65#3,168 (1979)#4,067
1980s126#2,529 (1984)#3,739
1990s192#2,680 (1997)#3,668
2000s307#2,470 (2002)#3,276
2010s415#2,355 (2018)#2,886
2020s237#2,835 (2024)#3,071

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.

Hanson in 1883

boys
#892
5 births · 1 in 20,925 boys

Top boys' names in 1883

  1. #1John8,894
  2. #2William8,387
  3. #3James5,223
  4. #4Charles4,826
  5. #5George4,736
  6. #6Frank2,986
  7. #7Joseph2,515
  8. #8Henry2,383
  9. #9Robert2,334
  10. #10Thomas2,316
  11. #892Hanson5
More about 1883

boys

104,625 boys got a published name in 1883; 1 in 20,925 of them was named Hanson, which outranked 13.4% of the 1,030 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hanson
  1. #799Wyatt6
  2. #799Zeke6
  3. #799Zeno6
  4. #892Hanson5
  5. #892Albertus5
  6. #892Alcide5
  7. #892Alec5

Tied with 138 names at #892; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. 416Sumner#943#527
  2. 377Alf#837#460
  3. 358Arlie#837#479
  4. 358Everette#837#479
  5. 346Ocie#943#597
Fallers
  1. 429Morton#370#799
  2. 423Saul#469#892
  3. 403Pierce#489#892
  4. 378Bryant#514#892
  5. 352Buck#540#892

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

See the top 100 for 1883