Hansel Boy
How popular is Hansel?
#1,634 boy name in 2025
103 baby boys were named Hansel in the US in 2025, making it the 1634th most popular boy name.
Hansel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,634 for boys (▲ 27 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 103 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,717 in 2015, #1,778 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (134 boys) |
| Highest rank | #918 in 1905 |
| First recorded | 1905 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Hansel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Hansel family of names ranked #1,105 for boys in 2025 (#1,102 the year before), with 162 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hansel | 103 | 64% |
| Hanzel | 48 | 30% |
| Hansell | 5 | 3% |
| Hanzell | 6 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Hansel is most popular
Babies named Hansel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (106 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (42 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (65 boys)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (8 boys)
Hansel by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 8 | #918 |
| 1910s | 236 | #982 |
| 1920s | 394 | #1,028 |
| 1930s | 283 | #1,078 |
| 1940s | 225 | #1,288 |
| 1950s | 179 | #1,426 |
| 1960s | 148 | #1,727 |
| 1970s | 117 | #1,915 |
| 1980s | 209 | #1,904 |
| 1990s | 246 | #2,123 |
| 2000s | 261 | #2,787 |
| 2010s | 684 | #1,355 |
| 2020s | 641 | #1,372 |
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Questions
- Is Hansel a boy or girl name?
- Hansel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Hansel were boys.
- How popular is the name Hansel?
- 103 baby boys were named Hansel in the US in 2025, making it the 1634th most popular boy name.
- When was Hansel most popular?
- Hansel peaked in 2021, when 134 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #918 in 1905.
- How many people are named Hansel?
- 3,636 babies have been named Hansel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,521 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Hansel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Hansel was most common in Texas, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.