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Hanson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 41 in 2025. Its best rank was #957 in 1883.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #957 in 1883; #3,013 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Hanson in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,013 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1883, at #957.
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Hanson: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 41 boys in 2025. Peak: #957 in 1883 · most boys in one year: 56 (2018).
In 2025, 41 US boys were named Hanson, making it the 3,013th most common boys’ name of the year, down 169 places from #2,844 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 45 boys named Hanson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #957, reached in 1883. The most boys given the name in a single year was 56, in 2018. For comparison, it was #2,825 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Hanson in 112 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1883 with 5 babies. In all, 1,839 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 415 babies named Hanson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 415 US boys were named Hanson; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 56. In 2025 that was about 1 in 41,660 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 41 | #3,013 |
| 2024 | — | — | 45 | #2,844 |
| 2023 | — | — | 44 | #2,860 |
| 2022 | — | — | 40 | #3,073 |
| 2021 | — | — | 32 | #3,530 |
| 2020 | — | — | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2019 | — | — | 41 | #2,961 |
| 2018 | — | — | 56 | #2,365 |
| 2017 | — | — | 43 | #2,814 |
| 2016 | — | — | 38 | #3,084 |
| 2015 | — | — | 42 | #2,825 |
| 2014 | — | — | 47 | #2,595 |
| 2013 | — | — | 36 | #3,081 |
| 2012 | — | — | 43 | #2,791 |
| 2011 | — | — | 39 | #2,964 |
| 2010 | — | — | 30 | #3,567 |
| 2009 | — | — | 23 | #4,337 |
| 2008 | — | — | 28 | #3,766 |
| 2007 | — | — | 32 | #3,400 |
| 2006 | — | — | 27 | #3,714 |
| 2005 | — | — | 28 | #3,481 |
| 2004 | — | — | 26 | #3,566 |
| 2003 | — | — | 35 | #2,808 |
| 2002 | — | — | 40 | #2,481 |
| 2001 | — | — | 32 | #2,890 |
| 2000 | — | — | 36 | #2,591 |
| 1999 | — | — | 24 | #3,308 |
| 1998 | — | — | 29 | #2,813 |
| 1997 | — | — | 29 | #2,697 |
| 1996 | — | — | 13 | #4,704 |
| 1995 | — | — | 20 | #3,360 |
| 1994 | — | — | 17 | #3,801 |
| 1993 | — | — | 21 | #3,185 |
| 1992 | — | — | 12 | #4,669 |
| 1991 | — | — | 10 | #5,240 |
| 1990 | — | — | 17 | #3,507 |
| 1989 | — | — | 17 | #3,371 |
| 1988 | — | — | 8 | #5,392 |
| 1987 | — | — | 12 | #3,818 |
| 1986 | — | — | 12 | #3,723 |
| 1985 | — | — | 16 | #3,000 |
| 1984 | — | — | 19 | #2,563 |
| 1983 | — | — | 17 | #2,712 |
| 1982 | — | — | 9 | #4,361 |
| 1981 | — | — | 7 | #5,140 |
| 1980 | — | — | 9 | #4,272 |
| 1979 | — | — | 13 | #3,239 |
| 1978 | — | — | 7 | #4,722 |
| 1977 | — | — | 10 | #3,700 |
| 1976 | — | — | 9 | #3,833 |
| 1975 | — | — | 9 | #3,762 |
| 1974 | — | — | 7 | #4,336 |
| 1971 | — | — | 5 | #5,206 |
| 1970 | — | — | 5 | #5,009 |
| 1968 | — | — | 8 | #3,210 |
| 1967 | — | — | 5 | #4,203 |
| 1966 | — | — | 8 | #3,086 |
| 1964 | — | — | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1963 | — | — | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1962 | — | — | 9 | #2,928 |
| 1961 | — | — | 9 | #2,980 |
| 1960 | — | — | 5 | #4,274 |
| 1959 | — | — | 5 | #4,230 |
| 1958 | — | — | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1957 | — | — | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1956 | — | — | 7 | #3,338 |
| 1955 | — | — | 8 | #3,064 |
| 1954 | — | — | 9 | #2,831 |
| 1953 | — | — | 8 | #3,012 |
| 1952 | — | — | 6 | #3,519 |
| 1951 | — | — | 13 | #2,181 |
| 1949 | — | — | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1948 | — | — | 5 | #3,889 |
| 1947 | — | — | 16 | #1,949 |
| 1946 | — | — | 8 | #2,784 |
| 1945 | — | — | 9 | #2,471 |
| 1944 | — | — | 5 | #3,621 |
| 1943 | — | — | 10 | #2,467 |
| 1942 | — | — | 9 | #2,594 |
| 1940 | — | — | 11 | #2,237 |
| 1939 | — | — | 7 | #2,953 |
| 1937 | — | — | 10 | #2,386 |
| 1936 | — | — | 5 | #3,760 |
| 1935 | — | — | 8 | #2,803 |
| 1934 | — | — | 9 | #2,633 |
| 1933 | — | — | 7 | #3,121 |
| 1932 | — | — | 8 | #2,959 |
| 1931 | — | — | 14 | #2,038 |
| 1930 | — | — | 7 | #3,422 |
| 1929 | — | — | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1928 | — | — | 6 | #3,895 |
| 1927 | — | — | 11 | #2,602 |
| 1926 | — | — | 10 | #2,797 |
| 1925 | — | — | 14 | #2,242 |
| 1924 | — | — | 8 | #3,357 |
| 1923 | — | — | 8 | #3,284 |
| 1922 | — | — | 13 | #2,399 |
| 1921 | — | — | 9 | #3,083 |
| 1920 | — | — | 10 | #2,853 |
| 1919 | — | — | 8 | #3,223 |
| 1918 | — | — | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1917 | — | — | 11 | #2,485 |
| 1916 | — | — | 10 | #2,619 |
| 1915 | — | — | 9 | #2,711 |
| 1914 | — | — | 6 | #3,059 |
| 1913 | — | — | 11 | #1,729 |
| 1909 | — | — | 5 | #1,558 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,285 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,197 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,226 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,112 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #957 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).