Hansel — #1661 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hansel

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,529 babies named Hansel between 1905 and 2024, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hansel currently holds the #1661 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 134 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hansel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 684 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Hansel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 293 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Hansel in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hansel 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 3,529 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.