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Hank

Boy · HANK · Germanic

Hank is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “home ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 413th for boys in the US (776 babies).

What does Hank mean?

Germanic: pet form of Henry, perhaps via Dutch Henk

“home ruler”

Medieval Hankin was a pet form of John; Hank later became the usual nickname for Henry, as for singer Hank Williams.

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Is Hank a girl's or a boy's name?

Hank is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 776 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Hank in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,329among boys
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 46% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Hank, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 8 boys.

Half of all the boys named Hank in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.

2004Busiest: 8 in 20192025
Hank in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#3,329
20247#3,003
20236#3,279
20226#3,219
20218#2,619
20205#3,502
20198#2,633
20180–
20176#3,191
20165#3,655
20155#3,527
20140–
20133#4,884
20120–
20110–
20101#6,148
20090–
20083#4,615
20070–
20060–
20050–
20044#3,147

How popular is Hank in the US?

Rank in 2025
#413among boys
Babies in 2025
776about 1 in 2,200 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 16% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 776 boys in the US were named Hank, making it the 413th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 481st. It first appears in the records in 1908.

2025 had the most boys named Hank of any year since it first appeared, in 1908.

Half of all the boys named Hank in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1908Busiest: 776 in 20252025
Hank in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025776#413
2024744#425
2023700#444
2022700#445
2021717#434
2020616#481
2019653#458
2018647#457
2017680#451
2016633#486
2015533#535
2014448#603
2013390#632
2012346#683
2011336#691
2010266#806
2009170#1,091
2008181#1,046
2007158#1,132
2006135#1,239
2005141#1,142
2004134#1,161
200389#1,464
200274#1,617
200179#1,523
200082#1,483
199956#1,775
199889#1,335
199784#1,330
199674#1,411
199586#1,251
199467#1,430
199388#1,192
1992115#1,014
199195#1,118
199095#1,092
1989100#1,026
198899#969
1987108#903
198694#944
198587#974
198496#891
1983111#827
198284#981
1981101#886
198093#924
197970#1,056
197863#1,099
197783#933
197676#957
197597#841
1974117#749
1973104#779
1972108#766
1971110#775
1970154#660
1969117#720
1968133#655
1967147#618
1966158#596
1965187#559
1964186#580
1963177#589
1962148#632
1961154#631
1960155#624
1959159#612
1958147#632
1957156#614
1956167#589
1955121#662
1954174#552
1953155#575
1952104#680
1951103#687
195084#749
194966#841
194870#812
194776#787
194661#842
194540#1,005
194430#1,212
194339#1,088
194232#1,228
194122#1,446
194026#1,311
193928#1,238
193818#1,613
193722#1,444
193625#1,326
193521#1,494
19348#2,742
193317#1,707
193216#1,848
193117#1,770
193013#2,178
192910#2,588
19289#2,842
192721#1,692
192611#2,565
19256#3,739
192420#1,776
192316#2,019
192213#2,346
19219#2,985
19209#2,966
19197#3,390
19188#3,095
19170–
19167#3,176
19156#3,391
19145#3,263
19130–
19120–
19115#1,739
19100–
19096#1,277
19085#1,372

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