boys:
15.5k births since 1908
#938 (80th percentile)
overall:
15.5k births since 1908
#2101 (73rd percentile)
The name Hank is the #2,101 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,459 recorded births since 1908. This represents the 72.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 72.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #938 (79.5% percentile) for all time with 15,459 births since 1908.
Hank first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1908 (first recorded for boys in 1908). Birth data for Hank is available in 112 out of the 116 years between 1908 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Hank reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 56.7% percentile (ranked #401) with 374 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 381 births per million (ranked 56.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2003, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Hank is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #406 (55.5% percentile) with 381 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hank".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Hank. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 69.0% confident that Hank is pronounced as hangk, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is hank, at 14.3% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like HH AE1 N G K) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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