# Hansel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hansel/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,636 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,631 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 82, 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 5 | 5,446 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 4,561 |
| 2012 | 42 | 2,841 |
| 2013 | 98 | 1,582 |
| 2014 | 126 | 1,356 |
| 2015 | 90 | 1,721 |
| 2016 | 73 | 1,979 |
| 2017 | 78 | 1,872 |
| 2018 | 58 | 2,313 |
| 2019 | 77 | 1,922 |
| 2020 | 85 | 1,782 |
| 2021 | 134 | 1,373 |
| 2022 | 120 | 1,511 |
| 2023 | 98 | 1,713 |
| 2024 | 101 | 1,664 |
| 2025 | 103 | 1,638 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## In other languages

- German: Hänsel
- Italian: Gianni
- Russian: Ге́нзель

## People named Hansel

- Hansel Mieth, American photographer (1909–1998)

## 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.