Hanson — #2832 US boys' name
1,798 babies named Hanson in U.S. Social Security records since 1883, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 80% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Hanson was born in this single decade.
56 babies were named Hanson in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hanson
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,798 babies named Hanson between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hanson currently holds the #2832 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 56 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hanson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 415 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Hanson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 245 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Hanson in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hanson 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 1,798 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.
Hanson at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hanson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1883
- Peak year (2018)
- 56
- Annual births at peak — across 142 years of records
Currently ranks #2832 among boys.
1,798 total births across 142 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 56 births in a single year.
Hanson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 415 births that decade — 23% of Hanson's all-time total
Hanson decade highlights
- Peak decade 415 births
- Runner-up 307 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Hanson's strongest decade
415 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Hanson by state
Where Hanson concentrates geographically — total births since 1883
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 245 | 13.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 41 | 2.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 29 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Washington | | 5 | 0.3% |
245 of 1,798 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.6% of nationwide
- Texas 2.3% of nationwide
- New York 1.6% of nationwide
- Florida 0.6% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1883–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.