Boy name#842 of boy names
Hank
Pronounced HH AE1 NG K (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 2024
- 117 years in use
How popular is Hank?
Hank is a boys' name, and first appears in 1908. It has been given to 16,204 children — the 842nd most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 739 children were given it.
Nicknames
Hank is itself a short form of Henry.
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- HH AE1 NG K
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Hank
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Hank
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Hank?
- Hank ranks 842nd among boys' names in US records, with 16,204 births since 1908. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,616.
- Is Hank a unisex name?
- No. Hank is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Hank most popular?
- 2024, when 739 children were given the name. It has been in use for 117 years and is still recorded as of 2024.