Boys' name · since 1987
Hanzel
357 babies named Hanzel in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,641 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,704 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 357
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hanzel is the #2704 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 357 recorded since 1987.
Social Security Administration records show Hanzel recorded 357 times among boys since 1987, holding rank #2704 nationally today, ahead of 81% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #9,641 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,704 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 357 born since 1987
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hanzel ranks #9,641 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,704 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 357 born since 1987, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,641 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,704 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 357
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hanzel's 357 recorded births place it above 78.77% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Hanzel compares
357 49th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hanzel's all-time total is 3% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hanzel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 357 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 34 | 22,252 |
Hanzel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hanzel's full recorded timeline at 2011, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 49 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hanzel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Hanzel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (178 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Hanzel's strongest decade.
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Hanzel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
- 2000s 48
2000s
48 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
178 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 178 births (50% of all-time use).
Hanzel by state
Where Hanzel concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 20 | 5.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 7 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 6 | 1.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 5 | 1.4% |
20 of 357 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- California records the most Hanzels (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hanzel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hanzel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.