Hansel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Hansel: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #2,088, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2088highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
2005	#3849
2006	#3385
2008	#3687
2010	#3865
2011	#3300
2012	#3987
2015	#3373
2016	#4810
2017	#4812
2018	#4749
2019	#4702
2020	#3848
2022	#3449
2023	#2813
2024	#2088

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 16 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Hansel 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 Hansel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	11	3 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	30	8 of 10	4
2020s	27	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Hansel appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2088 in England and Wales in 2024.

Hansel'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	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,088, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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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Hanson · #2483, 18y
Hanya · #2096, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Aramis · #2088, 12y
Diar · #2088, 16y
Finch · #2088, 12y
Kosisochukwu · #2088, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Zulqarnain · #2088, 15y
Kei · #2087, 18y
Mehrab · #2087, 16y
Ayala · #2090, 23y

Hansel 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 Hansel without appearing here.

Hansel moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Aria Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Hansel

Aksel Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3385 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3687 and #3158.

Moved the same way as Hansel

Arlo Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hansel went from #3849 to #2088 and Arlo from #766 to #15.
Cooper Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hansel went from #3849 to #2088 and Cooper from #678 to #139.
Harper Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hansel went from #3849 to #2088 and Harper from #2754 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hansel went from #3849 to #2088 and Kasper from #1617 to #529.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2088 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hansel

Hansel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hansel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hansel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Hansel and the names beside it

Hansel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hansel

Moved the same way as Hansel

Hansel at a glance

Hansel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hansel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Hansel and the names beside it

Hansel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hansel

Moved the same way as Hansel