Hager — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hager

The Social Security Administration has registered 84 babies named Hager between 1915 and 1951, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hager currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1951. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Hager is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 39 additional births since 1994.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hager performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Hager shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hager in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hager in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 84 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.