Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Hank” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hank” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Hank” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Hank” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Hank” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Hank” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Hank” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hank” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1918 8 0.000003685 8 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 -100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 -100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 -100%
1923 16 0.000006949 16 -100%
1924 20 0.000008398 20 -100%
1925 6 0.000002571 6 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1927 21 0.000009054 21 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 -100%
1931 17 0.000008078 17 -100%
1932 16 0.000007578 16 -100%
1933 17 0.000008502 17 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 21 0.000010048 21 -100%
1936 25 0.000012033 25 -100%
1937 22 0.000010325 22 -100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 -100%
1939 28 0.000012707 28 -100%
1940 26 0.000011291 26 -100%
1941 22 0.00000903 22 -100%
1942 32 0.000011714 32 -100%
1943 39 0.000013817 39 -100%
1944 30 0.000011152 30 -100%
1945 40 0.000015078 40 -100%
1946 61 0.00001909 61 -100%
1947 76 0.000021098 76 -100%
1948 70 0.000020275 70 -100%
1949 66 0.00001894 66 -100%
1950 84 0.000023977 84 -100%
1951 103 0.000027961 103 -100%
1952 104 0.000027383 104 -100%
1953 155 0.000040222 155 -100%
1954 174 0.000043711 174 -100%
1955 121 0.000030136 121 -100%
1956 167 0.000040504 167 -100%
1957 156 0.000037124 156 -100%
1958 147 0.00003556 147 -100%
1959 159 0.00003824 159 -100%
1960 155 0.000037315 155 -100%
1961 154 0.000037177 154 -100%
1962 148 0.000036676 148 -100%
1963 177 0.000044717 177 -100%
1964 186 0.000047844 186 -100%
1965 187 0.00005158 187 -100%
1966 158 0.000045459 158 -100%
1967 147 0.0000433 147 -100%
1968 133 0.000039368 133 -100%
1969 117 0.000033666 117 -100%
1970 154 0.000042701 154 -100%
1971 111 0.000032339 111 -100%
1972 108 0.000034362 108 -100%
1973 104 0.000034473 104 -100%
1974 117 0.000038487 117 -100%
1975 97 0.000032126 97 -100%
1976 76 0.000025047 76 -100%
1977 83 0.000026129 83 -100%
1978 63 0.00001985 63 -100%
1979 70 0.00002104 70 -100%
1980 93 0.000027 93 -100%
1981 101 0.000029196 101 -100%
1982 84 0.000023946 84 -100%
1983 111 0.00003205 111 -100%
1984 97 0.000027804 97 -100%
1985 87 0.000024376 87 -100%
1986 94 0.000026426 94 -100%
1987 109 0.000030231 109 -100%
1988 99 0.000026793 99 -100%
1989 100 0.000026012 100 -100%
1990 95 0.000024036 95 -100%
1991 95 0.000024389 95 -100%
1992 115 0.000029938 115 -100%
1993 88 0.00002334 88 -100%
1994 67 0.000018022 67 -100%
1995 86 0.000023483 86 -100%
1996 74 0.00002029 74 -100%
1997 84 0.000023168 84 -100%
1998 89 0.000024197 89 -100%
1999 56 0.00001516 56 -100%
2000 82 0.000021694 82 -100%
2001 79 0.000021104 79 -100%
2002 74 0.000019795 74 -100%
2003 89 0.000023407 89 -100%
2004 134 0.00003507 134 -100%
2005 141 0.000036672 141 -100%
2006 135 0.000034124 135 -100%
2007 158 0.000039523 158 -100%
2008 181 0.000046048 181 -100%
2009 170 0.000044501 170 -100%
2010 266 0.000071975 266 -100%
2011 336 0.000091859 336 -100%
2012 346 0.000094604 346 -100%
2013 390 0.000106976 390 -100%
2014 448 0.000120873 448 -100%
2015 533 0.000144019 533 -100%
2016 633 0.000172541 633 -100%
2017 680 0.000190146 680 -100%
2018 647 0.000184021 647 -100%
2019 653 0.000188134 653 -100%
2020 616 0.000184399 616 -100%
2021 716 0.000211337 716 -100%
2022 700 0.000206909 700 -100%
2023 699 0.000211102 699 -100%
2024 739 0.000222022 739 -100%

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