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Hanz

Boy · HANZ · Hebrew

Hanz is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).

What does Hanz mean?

Hebrew: variant of Hans, German short form of Johannes

“God is gracious”

A variant spelling of Hans, the German short form of Johannes, the German form of John.

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HANZ

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

Hanz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Hanz in the US?

Rank in 2025
#9,710among boys
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 240,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Hanz, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.

Half of all the boys named Hanz in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

1973Busiest: 11 in 20172025
Hanz in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20257#9,710
20240–
20236#10,815
202211#7,256
202110#7,582
20207#9,548
20190–
20185#12,150
201711#7,091
20165#12,180
20150–
20140–
20130–
20125#12,267
20115#12,280
201010#7,585
20090–
20080–
20070–
20065#12,048
20055#11,464
20040–
20035#10,886
20020–
20010–
20005#10,341
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19957#6,985
19940–
19930–
19920–
19910–
19905#8,108
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19805#6,248
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19746#4,632
19735#5,099

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