Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Hansel

#2,163 most common boys' name of all time · #5,186 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1905–2025

Rank among boys
#2,163
Rank overall
#5,186 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
3,636
Since 2016
927
Peak year
2021 #1,374
Best rank
#992 1917
Girls Boys peak 134/yr
192019401960198020002020

Hansel first appears in 1905. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 103 103 #1,637
2024 — 101 101 #1,662
2023 — 98 98 #1,713
2022 — 120 120 #1,505
2021 — 134 134 #1,374
2020 — 85 85 #1,781
2019 — 77 77 #1,921
2018 — 58 58 #2,306
2017 — 78 78 #1,872
2016 — 73 73 #1,976
2015 — 90 90 #1,719
2014 — 126 126 #1,356
2013 — 98 98 #1,581
2012 — 42 42 #2,820
2011 — 21 21 #4,521
2010 — 21 21 #4,529
2009 — 30 30 #3,563
2008 — 43 43 #2,792
2007 — 29 29 #3,600
2006 — 29 29 #3,528
2005 — 28 28 #3,465
2004 — 21 21 #4,145
2003 — 18 18 #4,450
2002 — 16 16 #4,716
2001 — 22 22 #3,742
2000 — 25 25 #3,314
1999 — 21 21 #3,606
1998 — 19 19 #3,728
1997 — 15 15 #4,274
1996 — 22 22 #3,219
1995 — 18 18 #3,571
1994 — 22 22 #3,127
1993 — 29 29 #2,531
1992 — 36 36 #2,134
1991 — 33 33 #2,195
1990 — 31 31 #2,266
1989 — 19 19 #3,119
1988 — 30 30 #2,100
1987 — 17 17 #2,961
1986 — 20 20 #2,617
1985 — 21 21 #2,453
1984 — 20 20 #2,452
1983 — 28 28 #1,920
1982 — 20 20 #2,452
1981 — 13 13 #3,257
1980 — 21 21 #2,385
1979 — 11 11 #3,614
1978 — 11 11 #3,441
1977 — 12 12 #3,243
1976 — 9 9 #3,791
1975 — 14 14 #2,787
1974 — 14 14 #2,704
1972 — 12 12 #2,854
1971 — 22 22 #1,941
1970 — 12 12 #2,784
1969 — 15 15 #2,254
1968 — 15 15 #2,142
1967 — 14 14 #2,177
1966 — 10 10 #2,678
1965 — 16 16 #2,025
1964 — 11 11 #2,590
1963 — 15 15 #2,149
1962 — 14 14 #2,221
1961 — 16 16 #2,104
1960 — 22 22 #1,749
1959 — 8 8 #3,111
1958 — 18 18 #1,924
1957 — 19 19 #1,858
1956 — 11 11 #2,548
1955 — 18 18 #1,875
1954 — 16 16 #1,992
1953 — 28 28 #1,446
1952 — 25 25 #1,532
1951 — 24 24 #1,536
1950 — 12 12 #2,263
1949 — 25 25 #1,485
1948 — 17 17 #1,852
1947 — 25 25 #1,501
1946 — 22 22 #1,542
1945 — 19 19 #1,566
1944 — 22 22 #1,469
1943 — 26 26 #1,392
1942 — 23 23 #1,490
1941 — 19 19 #1,615
1940 — 27 27 #1,303
1939 — 19 19 #1,559
1938 — 25 25 #1,353
1937 — 25 25 #1,364
1936 — 25 25 #1,346
1935 — 30 30 #1,245
1934 — 33 33 #1,165
1933 — 23 23 #1,443
1932 — 37 37 #1,123
1931 — 39 39 #1,096
1930 — 27 27 #1,423
1929 — 37 37 #1,149
1928 — 34 34 #1,248
1927 — 46 46 #1,036
1926 — 40 40 #1,139
1925 — 43 43 #1,070
1924 — 47 47 #1,043
1923 — 42 42 #1,111
1922 — 32 32 #1,301
1921 5 33 38 #1,291
1920 — 40 40 #1,131
1919 — 36 36 #1,186
1918 — 37 37 #1,147
1917 — 44 44 #992
1916 — 29 29 #1,262
1915 — 39 39 #1,033
1914 — 15 15 #1,660
1913 — 15 15 #1,428
1912 — 10 10 #1,715
1911 — 11 11 #1,110
1905 — 8 8 #1,000