Hans is an established boys' name that peaked in 1970 and has grown less common since.
Hans is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,325 for boy births in the United States (and #2,752 across all names), given to 146 babies. Hans first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1970 (271 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 146 | 146 | — | #1,325 |
| 2024 | 145 | 145 | — | #1,325 |
| 2023 | 112 | 112 | — | #1,561 |
| 2022 | 133 | 133 | — | #1,400 |
| 2021 | 137 | 137 | — | #1,352 |
| 2020 | 117 | 117 | — | #1,465 |
| 2019 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,423 |
| 2018 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,438 |
| 2017 | 145 | 145 | — | #1,260 |
| 2016 | 132 | 132 | — | #1,351 |
| 2015 | 121 | 121 | — | #1,421 |
| 2014 | 134 | 134 | — | #1,313 |
| 2013 | 98 | 98 | — | #1,581 |
| 2012 | 91 | 91 | — | #1,680 |
| 2011 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,027 |
| 2010 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,546 |
| 2009 | 113 | 113 | — | #1,476 |
| 2008 | 108 | 108 | — | #1,508 |
| 2007 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,417 |
| 2006 | 119 | 119 | — | #1,363 |
| 2005 | 129 | 129 | — | #1,229 |
| 2004 | 112 | 112 | — | #1,322 |
| 2003 | 128 | 128 | — | #1,168 |
| 2002 | 98 | 98 | — | #1,349 |
| 2001 | 127 | 127 | — | #1,115 |
| 2000 | 132 | 132 | — | #1,078 |
| 1999 | 153 | 153 | — | #949 |
| 1998 | 150 | 150 | — | #943 |
| 1997 | 141 | — | — | #953 |
| 1996 | 125 | — | — | #1,002 |
| 1995 | 152 | — | — | #889 |
| 1994 | 141 | — | — | #924 |
| 1993 | 149 | — | — | #871 |
| 1992 | 171 | — | — | #798 |
| 1991 | 161 | — | — | #817 |
| 1990 | 189 | — | — | #742 |
| 1989 | 183 | — | — | #730 |
| 1988 | 160 | — | — | #750 |
| 1987 | 164 | — | — | #713 |
| 1986 | 178 | — | — | #672 |
| 1985 | 179 | — | — | #656 |
| 1984 | 185 | — | — | #628 |
| 1983 | 174 | — | — | #649 |
| 1982 | 215 | — | — | #589 |
| 1981 | 222 | — | — | #573 |
| 1980 | 211 | — | — | #598 |
| 1979 | 194 | — | — | #613 |
| 1978 | 182 | — | — | #618 |
| 1977 | 205 | — | — | #589 |
| 1976 | 194 | — | — | #586 |
| 1975 | 196 | — | — | #575 |
| 1974 | 233 | — | — | #518 |
| 1973 | 228 | — | — | #521 |
| 1972 | 224 | — | — | #530 |
| 1971 | 266 | — | — | #497 |
| 1970 | 271 | — | — | #494 |
| 1969 | 262 | — | #7,872 | #477 |
| 1968 | 242 | — | — | #489 |
| 1967 | 268 | — | — | #464 |
| 1966 | 233 | — | — | #496 |
| 1965 | 222 | — | — | #511 |
| 1964 | 252 | — | — | #498 |
| 1963 | 238 | — | — | #518 |
| 1962 | 212 | — | — | #546 |
| 1961 | 203 | — | — | #553 |
| 1960 | 206 | — | — | #548 |
| 1959 | 180 | — | — | #584 |
| 1958 | 185 | — | — | #568 |
| 1957 | 140 | — | — | #650 |
| 1956 | 158 | — | — | #605 |
| 1955 | 150 | — | — | #605 |
| 1954 | 123 | — | — | #655 |
| 1953 | 121 | — | — | #649 |
| 1952 | 82 | — | — | #777 |
| 1951 | 75 | — | — | #815 |
| 1950 | 65 | — | — | #846 |
| 1949 | 61 | — | — | #880 |
| 1948 | 45 | — | — | #1,052 |
| 1947 | 49 | — | — | #1,032 |
| 1946 | 35 | — | — | #1,184 |
| 1945 | 43 | — | — | #979 |
| 1944 | 50 | — | — | #900 |
| 1943 | 50 | — | — | #946 |
| 1942 | 73 | — | — | #749 |
| 1941 | 60 | — | — | #822 |
| 1940 | 69 | — | — | #740 |
| 1939 | 57 | — | — | #807 |
| 1938 | 76 | — | — | #695 |
| 1937 | 69 | — | — | #735 |
| 1936 | 76 | — | — | #681 |
| 1935 | 73 | — | — | #714 |
| 1934 | 92 | — | — | #626 |
| 1933 | 80 | — | — | #653 |
| 1932 | 83 | — | — | #671 |
| 1931 | 83 | — | — | #657 |
| 1930 | 101 | — | — | #612 |
| 1929 | 87 | — | — | #662 |
| 1928 | 68 | — | — | #790 |
| 1927 | 89 | — | — | #687 |
| 1926 | 96 | — | — | #644 |
| 1925 | 81 | — | — | #720 |
| 1924 | 61 | — | — | #891 |
| 1923 | 66 | — | — | #836 |
| 1922 | 62 | — | — | #877 |
| 1921 | 68 | — | — | #837 |
| 1920 | 63 | — | — | #855 |
| 1919 | 61 | — | — | #841 |
| 1918 | 78 | — | — | #724 |
| 1917 | 86 | — | — | #643 |
| 1916 | 85 | — | — | #632 |
| 1915 | 98 | — | — | #573 |
| 1914 | 73 | — | — | #588 |
| 1913 | 72 | — | — | #509 |
| 1912 | 56 | — | — | #535 |
| 1911 | 26 | — | — | #601 |
| 1910 | 27 | — | — | #548 |
| 1909 | 29 | — | — | #476 |
| 1908 | 16 | — | — | #669 |
| 1907 | 14 | — | — | #720 |
| 1906 | 16 | — | — | #602 |
| 1905 | 17 | — | — | #579 |
| 1904 | 17 | — | — | #547 |
| 1903 | 16 | — | — | #559 |
| 1902 | 17 | — | — | #528 |
| 1901 | 14 | — | — | #542 |
| 1900 | 18 | — | — | #590 |
| 1899 | 17 | — | — | #465 |
| 1898 | 27 | — | — | #381 |
| 1897 | 21 | — | — | #416 |
| 1896 | 16 | — | — | #522 |
| 1895 | 22 | — | — | #420 |
| 1894 | 19 | — | — | #446 |
| 1893 | 14 | — | — | #519 |
| 1892 | 28 | — | — | #364 |
| 1891 | 25 | — | — | #343 |
| 1890 | 17 | — | — | #446 |
| 1889 | 25 | — | — | #353 |
| 1888 | 27 | — | — | #354 |
| 1887 | 23 | — | — | #345 |
| 1886 | 20 | — | — | #398 |
| 1885 | 33 | — | — | #291 |
| 1884 | 26 | — | — | #348 |
| 1883 | 28 | — | — | #313 |
| 1882 | 27 | — | — | #338 |
| 1881 | 23 | — | — | #343 |
| 1880 | 21 | — | — | #376 |