Hansel is an uncommon boys' name that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2021.
Hansel is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,638 for boy births in the United States (and #3,474 across all names), given to 103 babies. Hansel first appears in 1905 and peaked in 2021 (134 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 103 | 103 | — | #1,638 |
| 2024 | 101 | 101 | — | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 98 | 98 | — | #1,713 |
| 2022 | 120 | 120 | — | #1,511 |
| 2021 | 134 | 134 | — | #1,373 |
| 2020 | 85 | 85 | — | #1,782 |
| 2019 | 77 | 77 | — | #1,922 |
| 2018 | 58 | 58 | — | #2,313 |
| 2017 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,872 |
| 2016 | 73 | 81 | — | #1,979 |
| 2015 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,721 |
| 2014 | 126 | 140 | — | #1,356 |
| 2013 | 98 | 103 | — | #1,582 |
| 2012 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,841 |
| 2011 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,561 |
| 2010 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,575 |
| 2009 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,588 |
| 2008 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,802 |
| 2007 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,632 |
| 2006 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,546 |
| 2005 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,480 |
| 2004 | 21 | 26 | — | #4,174 |
| 2003 | 18 | 18 | — | #4,499 |
| 2002 | 16 | 16 | — | #4,778 |
| 2001 | 22 | 22 | — | #3,764 |
| 2000 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,354 |
| 1999 | 21 | 21 | — | #3,625 |
| 1998 | 19 | 19 | — | #3,753 |
| 1997 | 15 | — | — | #4,325 |
| 1996 | 22 | — | — | #3,241 |
| 1995 | 18 | — | — | #3,606 |
| 1994 | 22 | — | — | #3,160 |
| 1993 | 29 | — | — | #2,536 |
| 1992 | 36 | — | — | #2,143 |
| 1991 | 33 | — | — | #2,204 |
| 1990 | 31 | — | — | #2,277 |
| 1989 | 19 | — | — | #3,136 |
| 1988 | 30 | — | — | #2,104 |
| 1987 | 17 | — | — | #2,996 |
| 1986 | 20 | — | — | #2,632 |
| 1985 | 21 | — | — | #2,454 |
| 1984 | 20 | — | — | #2,469 |
| 1983 | 28 | — | — | #1,917 |
| 1982 | 20 | — | — | #2,459 |
| 1981 | 13 | — | — | #3,294 |
| 1980 | 21 | — | — | #2,393 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | — | #3,657 |
| 1978 | 11 | — | — | #3,486 |
| 1977 | 12 | — | — | #3,275 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | — | #3,832 |
| 1975 | 14 | — | — | #2,809 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | — | #2,719 |
| 1972 | 12 | — | — | #2,895 |
| 1971 | 22 | — | — | #1,947 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | — | #2,787 |
| 1969 | 15 | — | — | #2,251 |
| 1968 | 15 | — | — | #2,142 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | — | #2,187 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | — | #2,694 |
| 1965 | 16 | — | — | #2,026 |
| 1964 | 11 | — | — | #2,590 |
| 1963 | 15 | — | — | #2,151 |
| 1962 | 14 | — | — | #2,223 |
| 1961 | 16 | — | — | #2,096 |
| 1960 | 22 | — | — | #1,743 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | — | #3,123 |
| 1958 | 18 | — | — | #1,923 |
| 1957 | 19 | — | — | #1,858 |
| 1956 | 11 | — | — | #2,550 |
| 1955 | 18 | — | — | #1,870 |
| 1954 | 16 | — | — | #1,995 |
| 1953 | 28 | — | — | #1,442 |
| 1952 | 25 | — | — | #1,530 |
| 1951 | 24 | — | — | #1,538 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | — | #2,258 |
| 1949 | 25 | — | — | #1,477 |
| 1948 | 17 | — | — | #1,848 |
| 1947 | 25 | — | — | #1,502 |
| 1946 | 22 | — | — | #1,534 |
| 1945 | 19 | — | — | #1,554 |
| 1944 | 22 | — | — | #1,459 |
| 1943 | 26 | — | — | #1,382 |
| 1942 | 23 | — | — | #1,482 |
| 1941 | 19 | — | — | #1,614 |
| 1940 | 27 | — | — | #1,297 |
| 1939 | 19 | — | — | #1,551 |
| 1938 | 25 | — | — | #1,352 |
| 1937 | 25 | — | — | #1,354 |
| 1936 | 25 | — | — | #1,341 |
| 1935 | 30 | — | — | #1,232 |
| 1934 | 33 | — | — | #1,156 |
| 1933 | 23 | — | — | #1,424 |
| 1932 | 37 | — | — | #1,116 |
| 1931 | 39 | — | — | #1,088 |
| 1930 | 27 | — | — | #1,408 |
| 1929 | 37 | — | — | #1,147 |
| 1928 | 34 | — | — | #1,238 |
| 1927 | 46 | — | — | #1,031 |
| 1926 | 40 | — | — | #1,136 |
| 1925 | 43 | — | — | #1,058 |
| 1924 | 47 | — | — | #1,038 |
| 1923 | 42 | — | — | #1,105 |
| 1922 | 32 | — | — | #1,293 |
| 1921 | 38 | — | #5,446 | #1,275 |
| 1920 | 40 | — | — | #1,128 |
| 1919 | 36 | — | — | #1,173 |
| 1918 | 37 | — | — | #1,134 |
| 1917 | 44 | — | — | #987 |
| 1916 | 29 | — | — | #1,250 |
| 1915 | 39 | — | — | #1,027 |
| 1914 | 15 | — | — | #1,642 |
| 1913 | 15 | — | — | #1,401 |
| 1912 | 10 | — | — | #1,669 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | — | #1,073 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | — | #959 |