Hans
Hans is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 145 births. Its best rank was 291st, in 1885.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1450.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1970271 births
- Best rank
- #291in 1885
- Since 1880
- 15,531people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,531 boys have been named Hans in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 271 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1973, and the 1960s alone account for 15%. It has spent 116 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hans | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 253 | |
| 1890s | 206 | |
| 1900s | 174 | |
| 1910s | 662 | |
| 1920s | 741 | |
| 1930s | 790 | |
| 1940s | 535 | |
| 1950s | 1,279 | |
| 1960s | 2,332 | |
| 1970s | 2,194 | |
| 1980s | 1,871 | |
| 1990s | 1,533 | |
| 2000s | 1,181 | |
| 2010s | 1,136 | |
| 2020s | 644 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Hans was the 494th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1970 were Michael, James, David, John and Robert. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Hans
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Bartholomewpeak 1969
- Alonzopeak 2022
- Jeffersonpeak 2009
- Jessepeak 1981
- Rosspeak 1985
- Judsonpeak 2023
- Chaunceypeak 1981
- Mosespeak 2016
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.