Hank — #425 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hank

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,204 babies named Hank between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hank currently holds the #425 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 739 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hank performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 4,932 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Hank shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,350 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Hank in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hank in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 16,204 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.