first name
HANS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,537 people named Hans, 77.6% reported their origin as White, 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Hans peaked in 1970, when 271 babies got the name.
At least 15,682 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Hans by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #740. The largest share of babies named Hans, 23.2%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Hans is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hans has been most common in Minnesota (4.1×), Wisconsin (3.5×), and Washington (3.1×), and least common in North Carolina (0.17×).
9,496 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 Hans
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hans, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Hans ranks #7,556 of 156,621, with 4,238 people. See Hans as a last name
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