NameTides

Hansel

Hansel was the #1,634 boys' name in the US in 2025 (103 babies), and #2,133 in England & Wales.

Hansel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Hansel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Hansel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,634 (103)#2,133 (11)—
2024#1,661 (101)#2,089 (11)#2,238 (8)
2023#1,711 (98)#2,814 (7)—
2022#1,504 (120)#3,450 (5)#2,810 (5)
2021#1,372 (134)——
2020#1,778 (85)#3,848 (4)—
2019#1,917 (77)#4,702 (3)—
2018#2,300 (58)#4,749 (3)—
2017#1,871 (78)#4,812 (3)—
2016#1,975 (73)#4,810 (3)#2,182 (7)
2015#1,717 (90)#3,373 (5)#2,715 (5)
2014#1,355 (126)——
2013#1,578 (98)——
2012#2,811 (42)#3,987 (4)—
2011#4,509 (21)#3,300 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #1,372.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1905.

How common is it?

about 1 in 17,000 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 17,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Hansel is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Hansel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: 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: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,012TXFlorida: #1,009FL
Hansel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HanselCanadaBoys—too few
HanselEngland & WalesBoys#2,13311
HanselUSGirls—too few
HanselUSBoys#1,634103