How Many People Are Named Hansel?
people named Hansel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 137,042 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,636 babies named Hansel in Social Security records from 1905 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
134 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hansel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hansel alive today is about 25 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hansel first appears in the records in 1905 and was given most often in 2021, to 134 babies. In 2025, 103 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1905 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hansel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #958, in 1905. In 2025 it ranked #1,638.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,638 |
| Best rank | #958 (1905) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,050 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hansel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hansel were born in California than in any other state: about 295 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hansel was given 3.8 times as often in Georgia, 2.3 times in New York and 2.1 times in California.
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