Hank

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Hank: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Hank: Recorded since 2004, it reached #730 in 2011, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#730highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3009
2008	#4432
2013	#4685
2015	#3373
2016	#3478
2017	#3040
2019	#2728
2020	#3334
2021	#2493
2022	#3048
2023	#3112
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 12 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3009 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Hank by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Hank in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010s	26	5 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	32	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Hank appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #730 in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Hank's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #730, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Christiano · #730, 15y
Delvin · #730, 13y
Efraim · #730, 16y
Kasparas · #730, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Christiano · #730, 15y
Delvin · #730, 13y
Efraim · #730, 16y
Kasparas · #730, 12y

Hank was ranked #730 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Hank and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Hank without appearing here.

Hank moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3040 and #4812.
Courtney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3334 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2493 and #3990.

Moved ahead of Hank

Henrik Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3009 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #4432 and #3158.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3040 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2728 and #2104.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #730 in Republic of Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Hank at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hank by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Hank at a glance

Hank by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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