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Hank

Pronounced /ˈhæŋk/

Rank in 2024
#425
Born in 2024
739
Peak year
2024 · #425
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 739 boys were named Hank, about 1 in every 2,321.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1908.
  • 16,204 boys have been named Hank since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Hank per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
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    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 154 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 393 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,463 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,818 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,502 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,420 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,454 babies, 0.34 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A diminutive of the male given name Henry.
  • (archaic) A diminutive of the male given name Hankin (a medieval form of John).
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈhæŋk/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Hank, CC BY-SA 4.0.