NameTides

Hans

Hans was the #1,323 boys' name in the US in 2025 (146 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales and #1,500 in Canada.

Hans as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Hans as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Hans as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,323 (146)#3,684 (5)——#1,500 (15)
2024#1,324 (145)#3,255 (6)——#1,205 (19)
2023#1,558 (112)#2,814 (7)——#2,336 (7)
2022#1,393 (133)#2,321 (9)——#1,415 (14)
2021#1,349 (137)#3,017 (6)——#1,653 (11)
2020#1,463 (117)#2,960 (6)——#1,223 (17)
2019#1,420 (123)#3,013 (6)——#1,205 (17)
2018#1,431 (122)#2,445 (8)——#1,021 (21)
2017#1,256 (145)#2,172 (10)——#1,422 (13)
2016#1,349 (132)#3,478 (5)——#1,423 (13)
2015#1,416 (121)#3,004 (6)——#1,384 (13)
2014#1,313 (134)#1,819 (12)——#1,311 (14)
2013#1,578 (98)#4,685 (3)——#1,654 (10)
2012#1,676 (91)#3,987 (4)——#1,143 (17)
2011#2,017 (67)#2,613 (7)——#896 (24)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1885 at #290.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 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 12,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Hans is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,500 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Hans by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #446MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,250TXFlorida: #1,625FL
Hans (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#1,1239

Hans (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
HansCanadaBoys#1,50015
HansEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
HansIrelandBoys—too few
HansNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
HansScotlandBoys—too few
HansUSGirls—too few
HansUSBoys#1,323146