Boys' name · since 2021

Hakon

10 babies named Hakon in U.S. Social Security records since 2021, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#34,838 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#13,472 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
10
born since 2021
2020s
peak decade

Hakon currently ranks #13472 among boys' names in America, with 10 babies recorded since 2021.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hakon has been recorded 10 times among boys since 2021, currently ranked #13472 nationally and more common than 3% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.

  • #34,838 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #13,472 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 10 born since 2021
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hakon ranks #34,838 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,472 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 10 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.

#34,838 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#13,472 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
10
born since 2021
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%3.2%
Hakon vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Rare archive record
All-time archive position

Hakon's 10 recorded births place it above 21.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Hakon compares

10 3rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Hakon's all-time total is 97% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Hakon Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 10 369 358,536
Peak-year births 5 34 22,252

Hakon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Hakon's full recorded timeline at 2025, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 5 recorded births.

Hakon popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2021)
5
Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
5 20212025 5

Hakon by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).

2020s was Hakon's strongest decade.

10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Hakon births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Hakon?
Hakon has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 2021, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #34,838 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #13,472 of 13,930. 5 babies were born in 2021, its single highest year.
Where does Hakon sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hakon ranks #34,838 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,472 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Hakon most popular?
Hakon was most popular in the 2020s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Hakon been used?
Records for Hakon go back to 2021, giving 5 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Hakon?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Hakeem, Hakim, Hakan, Hakop, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Hakon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2021–2025 (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 Hakon 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.