Boys' name · since 2020
Habakkuk
20 babies named Habakkuk in U.S. Social Security records since 2020, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,038 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 20
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Habakkuk is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 20 have been recorded since 2020.
Social Security Administration records show Habakkuk recorded 20 times among boys since 2020, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2020 to 2024.
- #29,038 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 20 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Habakkuk ranks #29,038 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,038 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 20
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Habakkuk's 20 recorded births place it above 35.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Habakkuk's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Habakkuk splits its recorded history at 2023: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2023 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Habakkuk popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Habakkuk by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (20 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Habakkuk's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Habakkuk births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 20 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Habakkuk: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~4 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2020–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Habakkuk draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.