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.

Hanson

#3,301 most common boys' name of all time · #8,014 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1883–2025

Rank among boys
#3,301
Rank overall
#8,014 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
112 of 146
All-time
1,839
Since 2016
415
Peak year
2018 #2,357
Best rank
#1,007 1883
Girls Boys peak 56/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Hanson first appears in 1883. 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 — 41 41 #2,995
2024 — 45 45 #2,841
2023 — 44 44 #2,849
2022 — 40 40 #3,055
2021 — 32 32 #3,503
2020 — 35 35 #3,210
2019 — 41 41 #2,949
2018 — 56 56 #2,357
2017 — 43 43 #2,800
2016 — 38 38 #3,062
2015 — 42 42 #2,813
2014 — 47 47 #2,587
2013 — 36 36 #3,066
2012 — 43 43 #2,777
2011 — 39 39 #2,951
2010 — 30 30 #3,545
2009 — 23 23 #4,287
2008 — 28 28 #3,751
2007 — 32 32 #3,386
2006 — 27 27 #3,693
2005 — 28 28 #3,458
2004 — 26 26 #3,545
2003 — 35 35 #2,789
2002 — 40 40 #2,472
2001 — 32 32 #2,870
2000 — 36 36 #2,583
1999 — 24 24 #3,287
1998 — 29 29 #2,790
1997 — 29 29 #2,689
1996 — 13 13 #4,631
1995 — 20 20 #3,311
1994 — 17 17 #3,770
1993 — 21 21 #3,151
1992 — 12 12 #4,584
1991 — 10 10 #5,127
1990 — 17 17 #3,479
1989 — 17 17 #3,341
1988 — 8 8 #5,242
1987 — 12 12 #3,757
1986 — 12 12 #3,673
1985 — 16 16 #2,964
1984 — 19 19 #2,544
1983 — 17 17 #2,695
1982 — 9 9 #4,269
1981 — 7 7 #5,007
1980 — 9 9 #4,165
1979 — 13 13 #3,195
1978 — 7 7 #4,597
1977 — 10 10 #3,636
1976 — 9 9 #3,760
1975 — 9 9 #3,690
1974 — 7 7 #4,227
1971 — 5 5 #4,966
1970 — 5 5 #4,786
1968 — 8 8 #3,139
1967 — 5 5 #4,031
1966 — 8 8 #3,027
1964 — 9 9 #2,888
1963 — 7 7 #3,370
1962 — 9 9 #2,884
1961 — 9 9 #2,935
1960 — 5 5 #4,091
1959 — 5 5 #4,060
1958 — 11 11 #2,529
1957 — 13 13 #2,297
1956 — 7 7 #3,269
1955 — 8 8 #3,010
1954 — 9 9 #2,782
1953 — 8 8 #2,936
1952 — 6 6 #3,422
1951 — 13 13 #2,162
1949 — 17 17 #1,839
1948 — 5 5 #3,738
1947 — 16 16 #1,934
1946 — 8 8 #2,721
1945 — 9 9 #2,430
1944 — 5 5 #3,480
1943 — 10 10 #2,442
1942 — 9 9 #2,565
1940 — 11 11 #2,216
1939 — 7 7 #2,882
1937 — 10 10 #2,362
1936 — 5 5 #3,618
1935 — 8 8 #2,767
1934 — 9 9 #2,588
1933 — 7 7 #3,041
1932 — 8 8 #2,890
1931 — 14 14 #2,028
1930 — 7 7 #3,329
1929 — 8 8 #3,028
1928 — 6 6 #3,747
1927 — 11 11 #2,555
1926 — 10 10 #2,756
1925 — 14 14 #2,223
1924 — 8 8 #3,294
1923 — 8 8 #3,213
1922 — 13 13 #2,377
1921 — 9 9 #3,016
1920 — 10 10 #2,796
1919 — 8 8 #3,150
1918 — 9 9 #2,910
1917 — 11 11 #2,454
1916 — 10 10 #2,576
1915 — 9 9 #2,658
1914 — 6 6 #2,964
1913 — 11 11 #1,721
1909 — 5 5 #1,538
1904 — 5 5 #1,303
1903 — 5 5 #1,227
1900 — 6 6 #1,242
1899 — 5 5 #1,130
1883 — 5 5 #1,007