NameTides

Hank

Hank was the #413 boys' name in the US in 2025 (776 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales and #503 in Canada.

Hank as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Hank as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Hank as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#413 (776)#3,256 (6)—#503 (59)
2024#425 (744)#2,922 (7)—#686 (39)
2023#444 (700)#3,113 (6)—#693 (37)
2022#445 (700)#3,049 (6)—#489 (57)
2021#434 (717)#2,493 (8)—#530 (54)
2020#481 (616)#3,334 (5)—#688 (37)
2019#458 (653)#2,728 (7)—#516 (54)
2018#457 (647)——#591 (45)
2017#451 (680)#3,040 (6)—#695 (36)
2016#486 (633)#3,478 (5)—#601 (45)
2015#535 (533)#3,373 (5)—#1,007 (21)
2014#603 (448)——#854 (27)
2013#632 (390)#4,685 (3)—#977 (22)
2012#683 (346)——#966 (22)
2011#691 (336)—#730 (3)#1,399 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #413.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1908.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Hank is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,100 to 1 in 2,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Hank by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #192WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #382WAIdaho: #230IDMontana: #91MTNorth Dakota: #170NDMinnesota: #208MNIllinois: #363ILMichigan: #445MINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: #263ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #232IAIndiana: #283INOhio: #349OHPennsylvania: #489PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #543CAUtah: #170UTColorado: #420CONebraska: #167NEMissouri: #392MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: #227WVVirginia: #473VAMaryland: #437MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #594AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #230KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #253TNNorth Carolina: #447NCSouth Carolina: #414SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: #471MSAlabama: #375ALGeorgia: #370GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #485TXFlorida: #777FL
Hank (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#96411

Hank (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HankCanadaBoys#50359
HankEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
HankIrelandBoys—too few
HankNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
HankUSBoys#413776