Hans
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Hans
Though familiar to all via such childhood icons as Hans Brinker, Hans(el) and Gretel, and Hans Christian Andersen, few Americans have chosen this name for their sons because of its intractably Old Country image.
Hans is also given to girls.
Pronounced HAHNS.
As of October 2026, Hans ranked #1325 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #291 in 1885.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,312 | 134 | 69.8 |
| 2015 | #1,421 | 121 | 63.1 |
| 2016 | #1,351 | 132 | 69.6 |
| 2017 | #1,260 | 145 | 78.3 |
| 2018 | #1,438 | 122 | 67.2 |
| 2019 | #1,431 | 122 | 68 |
| 2020 | #1,465 | 117 | 67.8 |
| 2021 | #1,350 | 137 | 78.3 |
| 2022 | #1,398 | 133 | 76.2 |
| 2023 | #1,560 | 112 | 65.5 |
| 2024 | #1,324 | 145 | 84.2 |
| 2025 | #1,325 | 146 | 85.5 |
World rankings
Hans for boys
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Hans on lists
Famous Hanss
- HansBoy
Adam I (born Johann Adam Andreas), Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein
- HansBoy
Adam II (born Johannes Adam Ferdinand Alois Josef Maria Marco d'Aviano Pius), Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein
- Hans Christian AndersenBoy
Danish children's writer
- Hans Holbein the Elder and YoungerBoy
German painters
- Hans Florian ZimmerBoy
German film composer
- Hans MathesonBoy
Scottish actor
- Hans Albrecht BetheBoy
German and American nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- Hans Warren ChristieBoy
Canadian actor
- Hans Georg ConriedBoy
Jr., American character actor, very active in voice,over roles and comedian
- Hans AspergerBoy
discoverer of Asperger's syndrome.
- Hans von EulerBoy
Chelpin, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
- Hans FischerBoy
winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
- Hans SpemannBoy
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Hans Adolf KrebsBoy
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Hans Georg DehmeltBoy
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
Hans in pop culture
- "Hans BrinkerBoy
or the Silver Skates," children's book by Mary Mapes Dodge
- Hans LandaBoy
character in the movie "Inglourious Basterds"
- Hans GruberBoy
character in the movie "Die Hard"
- Hans SchielmanBoy
character in the game "The Testament of Sherlock Holmes"
- Hans MolemanBoy
character on "The Simpsons"
- Hans of the Southern IslesBoy
prince in the Disney movie "Frozen"
- Hans and FranzBoy
weightlifting duo in a "Saturday Night Live" sketch
- Hans HubermannBoy
a character in "The Book Thief"
- Hans KeplerBoy
character from "Night Trains," by Barbara Wood