How Many People Are Named Hans?
people named Hans are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 29,868 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,682 babies named Hans in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
271 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German, Dutch and Scandinavian short form of JOHANNES. Two famous bearers were Hans Holbein (1497-1543), a Renaissance portrait painter from Germany, and Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), a Danish writer of fairy tales.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hans in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hans alive today is about 40 years old, and 48% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 57 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hans first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1970, to 271 babies. In 2025, 146 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hans has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #291, in 1885. In 2025 it ranked #1,325.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,325 |
| Best rank | #291 (1885) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #513 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hans alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hans were born in California than in any other state: about 1,580 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hans was given 4.1 times as often in Minnesota, 3.4 times in Wisconsin and 3.1 times in Washington.
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