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Hansel

Rank in 2024
#1,668
Born in 2024
101
Peak year
2021 · #1376
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 101 boys were named Hansel, about 1 in every 16,983.
  • It peaked in 2021 with 134 babies, ranked #1376.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1905.
  • 3,529 boys have been named Hansel since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

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Greatest: 567 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 490 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 346 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 209 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 379 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 400 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,138 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • An Anglicised spelling of the German given name Hänsel. English equivalent: Johnny.
Origin
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Hansel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Ansel

    Rank
    #1,291
    Born '24
    152
    Origin
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    1880peak 20182024