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.

Hansen

#5,155 most common boys' name of all time · #12,800 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among boys
#5,155
Rank overall
#12,800 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
887
Since 2016
288
Peak year
2016 #3,172
Best rank
#3,117 1987
Girls Boys peak 36/yr
192019401960198020002020

Hansen first appears in 1917. 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 — 35 35 #3,322
2024 — 35 35 #3,350
2023 — 30 30 #3,730
2022 — 25 25 #4,205
2021 — 31 31 #3,602
2020 — 27 27 #3,828
2019 — 21 21 #4,662
2018 — 28 28 #3,810
2017 — 20 20 #4,780
2016 — 36 36 #3,172
2015 — 20 20 #4,746
2014 — 27 27 #3,803
2013 — 15 15 #5,700
2012 — 17 17 #5,301
2011 — 23 23 #4,243
2010 — 12 12 #6,746
2009 — 16 16 #5,578
2008 — 16 16 #5,520
2007 — 24 24 #4,147
2006 — 17 17 #5,120
2005 — 31 31 #3,262
2004 — 22 22 #4,033
2003 — 17 17 #4,655
2002 — 22 22 #3,824
2001 — 18 18 #4,337
2000 — 10 10 #6,399
1999 — 23 23 #3,394
1998 — 15 15 #4,452
1997 — 17 17 #3,919
1996 — 7 7 #7,265
1995 — 16 16 #3,898
1994 — 15 15 #4,133
1993 — 15 15 #4,062
1992 — 18 18 #3,498
1991 — 10 10 #5,192
1990 — 12 12 #4,475
1989 — 7 7 #6,390
1988 — 10 10 #4,535
1987 — 16 16 #3,117
1986 — 14 14 #3,319
1985 — 13 13 #3,462
1984 — 6 6 #5,752
1983 — 6 6 #5,695
1982 — 12 12 #3,549
1981 — 8 8 #4,645
1980 — 7 7 #5,090
1978 — 7 7 #4,701
1977 — 6 6 #5,321
1971 — 6 6 #4,582
1970 — 5 5 #4,991
1963 — 8 8 #3,209
1951 — 7 7 #3,279
1917 — 6 6 #3,922