Boys' name · since 1916
Hasten
Hasten has 135 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,457 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,493 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hasten currently ranks #6493 among boys' names in America, with 135 babies recorded since 1916.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hasten has been recorded 135 times among boys since 1916, currently ranked #6493 nationally and more common than 53% 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 1916 to 2025.
- #15,457 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,493 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 135 born since 1916
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hasten ranks #15,457 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,493 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 135 born since 1916, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,457 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,493 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hasten's 135 recorded births place it above 65.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hasten compares
135 31st 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
Hasten's all-time total is 63% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hasten | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 135 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Hasten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hasten's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hasten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Hasten by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (45 births, 33% of the file).
2020s was Hasten's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Hasten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
24 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 45 births (33% of all-time use).
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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, 1916–2025 (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 Hasten 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.