Hank
Hank was given to 776 boys in 2025, #413 among boys’ names; 16,984 Americans have been recorded with it since 1908 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 15,400 Americans named Hank and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 6 and 40.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Hank by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Hank mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Hank is “a diminutive of the male given name Henry.”
Also “a diminutive of the male given name Hankin (a medieval form of John).”
/ˈheɪ̯ŋk/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Hank?
#413 among boys’ names, 2025
Hank rose from #535 in 2015 to #413 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.28 to 0.45 per 1,000.
776 babies in 2025, the peak
Hank peaked in 2025, when 776 boys were given it, #413 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 744 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 776 | #413 | 0.45 |
| 2024 | 744 | #425 | 0.43 |
| 2023 | 700 | #444 | 0.41 |
| 2022 | 700 | #445 | 0.40 |
| 2021 | 717 | #434 | 0.41 |
| 2020 | 616 | #483 | 0.36 |
| 2019 | 653 | #458 | 0.36 |
| 2018 | 647 | #457 | 0.36 |
| 2017 | 680 | #451 | 0.37 |
| 2016 | 633 | #486 | 0.33 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 533 | #535 | 0.28 |
| 2014 | 448 | #603 | 0.23 |
| 2013 | 390 | #632 | 0.21 |
| 2012 | 346 | #685 | 0.18 |
| 2011 | 336 | #692 | 0.18 |
| 2010 | 266 | #806 | 0.14 |
| 2009 | 170 | #1,092 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 181 | #1,050 | 0.09 |
| 2007 | 158 | #1,136 | 0.08 |
| 2006 | 135 | #1,241 | 0.07 |
| 2005 | 141 | #1,145 | 0.07 |
| 2004 | 134 | #1,166 | 0.07 |
| 2003 | 89 | #1,468 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 74 | #1,619 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 79 | #1,527 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 82 | #1,486 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 56 | #1,781 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 89 | #1,341 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 84 | #1,334 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 74 | #1,414 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 86 | #1,254 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 67 | #1,434 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 88 | #1,194 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 115 | #1,017 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 95 | #1,120 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 95 | #1,094 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 100 | #1,028 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 99 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 108 | #904 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 94 | #944 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 87 | #976 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 96 | #894 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 111 | #830 | 0.06 |
| 1982 | 84 | #982 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 101 | #886 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 93 | #926 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 70 | #1,063 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 63 | #1,103 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 83 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 76 | #960 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 97 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 117 | #752 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 104 | #780 | 0.07 |
| 1972 | 108 | #767 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 110 | #775 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 154 | #660 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 117 | #721 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 133 | #656 | 0.08 |
| 1967 | 147 | #620 | 0.08 |
| 1966 | 158 | #597 | 0.09 |
| 1965 | 187 | #559 | 0.10 |
| 1964 | 186 | #580 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 177 | #589 | 0.09 |
| 1962 | 148 | #634 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 154 | #632 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 155 | #624 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 159 | #612 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 147 | #633 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 156 | #614 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 167 | #589 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 121 | #663 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 174 | #552 | 0.09 |
| 1953 | 155 | #576 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 104 | #682 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 103 | #691 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 84 | #749 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 66 | #842 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 70 | #813 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 76 | #791 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 61 | #847 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 40 | #1,010 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 30 | #1,224 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 39 | #1,093 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 32 | #1,234 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,467 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,319 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,251 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,639 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,467 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,340 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,516 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,831 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,734 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,876 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,797 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,230 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,668 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,927 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,715 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,632 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,921 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,804 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,059 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,397 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,081 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,061 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,552 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,223 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,313 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,580 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,467 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,853 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,356 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,478 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Hank a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Hank has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 114 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Hank: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Hank, and how old are they?
15,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 16,984 Americans ever recorded as Hank. The median Hank alive today is 12 years old; half are between 6 and 40.
The 2020 Census counted 12,449 people named Hank (43 women and girls, 12,406 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,664 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 96 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,690 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,590 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,420 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,390 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 8,180 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Hank born?
The states with the most babies named Hank are Texas, California and Tennessee, with 21% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Tennessee is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 69 | #489 | 0.9× |
| California | 56 | #548 | 0.7× |
| Tennessee | 35 | #257 | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 32 | #355 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 32 | #372 | 1.0× |
| Utah | 32 | #172 | 1.8× |
| Wisconsin | 32 | #196 | 0.9× |
| Minnesota | 31 | #211 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 29 | #368 | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 28 | #286 | 1.2× |
Where Hank is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Hank is most over-represented in Idaho: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Hank with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Hank
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Hank and names like it
- Compare Hank and KalBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sHank peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Hank since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Hank.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Hank alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with HMost given first.