Haggard — boys' name
10 babies named Haggard in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Haggard was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Haggard in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Haggard
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Haggard between 1923 and 2019, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Haggard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Haggard performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Haggard shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Haggard 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 10 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.
Haggard at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Haggard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1923
- Peak year (1923)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 97 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
10 total births across 97 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 5 births in a single year.
Haggard by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Haggard's all-time total
Haggard decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Haggard's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1923–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.