Hansel
Hansel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 101 births. Its best rank was 959th, in 1905.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1010.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021134 births
- Best rank
- #959in 1905
- Since 1905
- 3,529people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,529 boys have been named Hansel in the United States since 1905, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 134 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 2010s alone account for 19%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hansel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 8 | |
| 1910s | 236 | |
| 1920s | 394 | |
| 1930s | 283 | |
| 1940s | 225 | |
| 1950s | 179 | |
| 1960s | 148 | |
| 1970s | 118 | |
| 1980s | 209 | |
| 1990s | 246 | |
| 2000s | 261 | |
| 2010s | 684 | |
| 2020s | 538 |
In 2021, its biggest year
Hansel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Hansel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Waldenpeak 2023
- Arminpeak 2023
- Denverpeak 2022
- Cosmopeak 2022
- Lindenpeak 2024
- Amadeopeak 2022
- Atleepeak 2022
- Timoteopeak 2024
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.