Hansen
Boy · HAN-sen · Scandinavian
Hansen is a boys' name of Scandinavian origin, meaning “son of Hans”. In 2025 it ranked 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Hansen mean?
Scandinavian: Danish and Norwegian surname
“son of Hans”
Hans is the German and Scandinavian short form of Johannes, the Latin form of John.
- Say it
- HAN-sen
Is Hansen a girl's or a boy's name?
Hansen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hansen in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 4 boys.
Hansen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
How popular is Hansen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Hansen, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Hansen in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 76 boys in the US were given Hansen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,740, up from #3,313 for this spelling alone.
- Hanson 41
- Hansen 35
Hansen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
Names like Hansen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Hansen
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