Masculine dossier · first seen 1883

Hanson

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Hanson
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2018

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1883Peak 20182024

Peak year

2018

Decline from peak

19.6%

2024

All-time

1,798

Hanson has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2018, when 56 boys were named Hanson.

In 2024, only 45 boys were given the name.

Down 19.6% from its peak.

All told, about 1,798 Americans have been named Hanson and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1883.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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