girls:
5 births since 1921
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
3.4k births since 1905
#2135 (53rd percentile)
overall:
3.4k births since 1905
#4668 (40th percentile)
The name Hansel is the #4,668 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,433 recorded births since 1905. This represents the 39.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,135 (53.4% percentile) for all time with 3,428 births since 1905. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1921.
Hansel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1905 (1905 for boys and 1921 for girls). Birth data for Hansel is available in 113 out of the 119 years between 1905 and 2023 (113 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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.
The name Hansel has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Hansel reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 13.9% percentile (ranked #801) with 72 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 72 births per million (ranked 13.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Hansel ranks #818 for boys (10.2% percentile) with 54 births per million, which is 74.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Hansel reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #605) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1921, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1921.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hansel".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Hansel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.9% confident that Hansel is pronounced as HAN-suhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HAHN-suhl, at 17.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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