Hastings — #9010 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hastings

The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Hastings between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hastings currently holds the #9010 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Hastings is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2014.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hastings performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Hastings shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hastings 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 68 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.