Hanson
Hanson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 45 births. Its best rank was 957th, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 450.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201856 births
- Best rank
- #957in 1883
- Since 1883
- 1,798people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,798 boys have been named Hanson in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 56 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2010s alone account for 23%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hanson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 21 | |
| 1910s | 64 | |
| 1920s | 97 | |
| 1930s | 75 | |
| 1940s | 90 | |
| 1950s | 80 | |
| 1960s | 60 | |
| 1970s | 65 | |
| 1980s | 126 | |
| 1990s | 192 | |
| 2000s | 307 | |
| 2010s | 415 | |
| 2020s | 196 |
In 2018, its biggest year
Hanson was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2018 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Oliver. See all of 2018.
Names that rose and fell with Hanson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Collierpeak 2013
- Macepeak 2016
- Ivanpeak 2004
- Reedpeak 2014
- Dallaspeak 2024
- Graypeak 2023
- Davispeak 2007
- Marianopeak 2022
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.