# Hank (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hank/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈheɪ̯ŋk/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,984 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16,984 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 71, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 336 | 692 |
| 2012 | 346 | 685 |
| 2013 | 390 | 632 |
| 2014 | 448 | 603 |
| 2015 | 533 | 535 |
| 2016 | 633 | 486 |
| 2017 | 680 | 451 |
| 2018 | 647 | 457 |
| 2019 | 653 | 458 |
| 2020 | 616 | 483 |
| 2021 | 717 | 434 |
| 2022 | 700 | 445 |
| 2023 | 700 | 444 |
| 2024 | 744 | 425 |
| 2025 | 776 | 413 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Hank

- Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter (1923–1953)
- Hank Aaron, American baseball player (1934–2021)
- Hank Green, American author, vlogger, and science communicator
- Hank Williams Jr., American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1949)
- Hank Mann, American actor (1887-1971)
- Hank Worden, American actor (1901-1992)
- Hank Williams III, American musician
- Hank Greenberg, Baseball outfielder (1911–1986)
- Hank Garland, American musician (1930–2004)
- Hank Brown, American politician
- Hank Pfister, American tennis player
- Hank Harris, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.