Name meaning & stats
Hank
Hank means “ruler of the home” (Germanic origin). 16,626 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“ruler of the home”
GermanicPet form of Henry
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
16,626 US babies were named Hank between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Hank (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)