How rare is the name Hank?

12,449 people in the United States have the first name Hank, about 1 in 24,262. It ranks #2,143 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HANK

#2,143

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,449
About
1 in 24,262
This common or more
78.7%
Who bears it

Of the 12,449 people named Hank, 82.9% reported their origin as White, 4.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hank peaked in 2025, when 776 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19082025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
776
In 2025*
776
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 16,984 babies have been given the name since 1908. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Hank by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #891. The largest share of babies named Hank, 48.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1900s#4,16711
1910s#6,59038
1920s#4,693124
1930s#3,249185
1940s#2,136462
1950s#1,4271,370
1960s#1,4091,562
1970s#1,984982
1980s#2,214973
1990s#2,975849
2000s#2,8481,243
2010s#1,1604,932
2020s#8914,253
Greatest Generation 1901–270.9%
Silent Generation 1928–452.3%
Baby boom 1946–6414.5%
Generation X 1965–8010.7%
Millennials 1981–968.8%
Generation Z 1997–1214.2%
2013 and later48.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Hank is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hank has been most common in Idaho (4×), Utah (3.7×), and Oregon (1.9×), and least common in New Jersey (0.13×).

12,490 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Hank

#2,141 Antony · 12,470#2,142 Myla · 12,455#2,144 Maddie · 12,448#2,145 Charlee · 12,443

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hank, most common first.

#1,733 Hans · 17,537#2,904 Hang · 7,854#30,089 Hanz · 291#50,999 Hanka · 116

Also a last name

As a last name, Hank ranks #22,315 of 156,621, with 1,183 people. See Hank as a last name

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