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How popular is “Hansel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hansel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Hansel” 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 “Hansel” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hansel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hansel” 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
1905 8 0.000018871 8 -100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 15 0.000013191 15 -100%
1914 15 0.000010591 15 -100%
1915 39 0.000021283 39 -100%
1916 29 0.000014992 29 -100%
1917 44 0.000021926 44 -100%
1918 37 0.000017042 37 -100%
1919 36 0.00001706 36 -100%
1920 40 0.000017678 40 -100%
1921 38 0.000016278 5 33 -74%
1922 32 0.000013979 32 -100%
1923 42 0.000018241 42 -100%
1924 47 0.000019735 47 -100%
1925 43 0.000018429 43 -100%
1926 40 0.000017422 40 -100%
1927 46 0.000019833 46 -100%
1928 34 0.000015038 34 -100%
1929 37 0.000016878 37 -100%
1930 27 0.000012144 27 -100%
1931 39 0.000018533 39 -100%
1932 37 0.000017525 37 -100%
1933 23 0.000011503 23 -100%
1934 33 0.00001589 33 -100%
1935 30 0.000014355 30 -100%
1936 25 0.000012033 25 -100%
1937 25 0.000011733 25 -100%
1938 25 0.000011299 25 -100%
1939 19 0.000008623 19 -100%
1940 27 0.000011725 27 -100%
1941 19 0.000007798 19 -100%
1942 23 0.000008419 23 -100%
1943 26 0.000009211 26 -100%
1944 22 0.000008178 22 -100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 -100%
1946 22 0.000006885 22 -100%
1947 25 0.00000694 25 -100%
1948 17 0.000004924 17 -100%
1949 25 0.000007174 25 -100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 -100%
1951 24 0.000006515 24 -100%
1952 25 0.000006582 25 -100%
1953 28 0.000007266 28 -100%
1954 16 0.000004019 16 -100%
1955 18 0.000004483 18 -100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 -100%
1957 19 0.000004522 19 -100%
1958 18 0.000004354 18 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 22 0.000005296 22 -100%
1961 16 0.000003863 16 -100%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 -100%
1963 15 0.00000379 15 -100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 -100%
1965 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1967 14 0.000004124 14 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 -100%
1969 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 22 0.00000641 22 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 -100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 -100%
1975 15 0.000004968 15 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 12 0.000003778 12 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 21 0.000006097 21 -100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 -100%
1982 20 0.000005701 20 -100%
1983 28 0.000008085 28 -100%
1984 20 0.000005733 20 -100%
1985 21 0.000005884 21 -100%
1986 20 0.000005623 20 -100%
1987 17 0.000004715 17 -100%
1988 30 0.000008119 30 -100%
1989 19 0.000004942 19 -100%
1990 31 0.000007843 31 -100%
1991 33 0.000008472 33 -100%
1992 36 0.000009372 36 -100%
1993 29 0.000007692 29 -100%
1994 22 0.000005918 22 -100%
1995 18 0.000004915 18 -100%
1996 22 0.000006032 22 -100%
1997 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1998 19 0.000005166 19 -100%
1999 21 0.000005685 21 -100%
2000 25 0.000006614 25 -100%
2001 22 0.000005877 22 -100%
2002 16 0.00000428 16 -100%
2003 18 0.000004734 18 -100%
2004 21 0.000005496 21 -100%
2005 28 0.000007282 28 -100%
2006 29 0.00000733 29 -100%
2007 29 0.000007254 29 -100%
2008 43 0.00001094 43 -100%
2009 30 0.000007853 30 -100%
2010 21 0.000005682 21 -100%
2011 21 0.000005741 21 -100%
2012 42 0.000011484 42 -100%
2013 98 0.000026881 98 -100%
2014 126 0.000033995 126 -100%
2015 90 0.000024318 90 -100%
2016 73 0.000019898 73 -100%
2017 78 0.000021811 78 -100%
2018 58 0.000016497 58 -100%
2019 77 0.000022184 77 -100%
2020 85 0.000025445 85 -100%
2021 134 0.000039552 134 -100%
2022 120 0.00003547 120 -100%
2023 98 0.000029597 98 -100%
2024 101 0.000030344 101 -100%

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