Unisex name · since 1983
Hau
109 babies named Hau in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,855 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 109
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hau is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 109 have been recorded since 1983.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hau has been recorded 109 times among boys since 1983, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2018.
- #16,855 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 109 born since 1983
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hau ranks #16,855 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 109 born since 1983, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,855 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 109
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hau's 109 recorded births place it above 62.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hau's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hau's full recorded timeline at 1993, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hau popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2018
- Peak year (2013)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Hau popularity over time - girls
34 total births recorded since 2011 (Hau as girls' name)
Hau by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (42 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Hau's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Hau births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
36 births
- 1990s
1990s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 42 births (39% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hau: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
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, 1983–2018 (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 Hau 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.