Hans

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Hans is a male given name in Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Faroese, German, Norwegian, Icelandic and Swedish-speaking populations. It was originally short for Johannes, but is now also recognized as a name in its own right for official purposes.

From Wikipedia

Hans first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1961 with 697 babies (rank #39 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Hans

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Hans yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

13,948
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
697
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1955578#39
1956608#38
1957661#37
1958626#39
1959675#38
1960658#37
1961697#39
1962603#43
1963604#46
1964626#45
1965555#46
1966532#49
1967549#48
1968429#63
1969431#60
1970369#71
1971324#73
1972265#82
1973239#84
1974203#93
1975181#101
1976209#89
1977187#99
1978183#100
1979174#107
1980187#103
1981208#95
1982213#92
1983180#106
1984173#114
1985202#99
1986155#121
1987170#118
1988128#142
1989112#164
1990119#159
1991113#168
199285#215
199377#234
199466#262
199566#255
199655#301
199751#318
199837#388
199944#359
200045#361
200147#350
200231#433
200319#564
200431#430
200519#551
200622#503
200724#470
200816#574
200922#467
201019#516
201115#576
201210#692
20137#824
201414#565