Boys' name · since 1994
Hawken
Hawken has 279 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,032 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 279
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hawken sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 279 recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hawken has been recorded 279 times among boys since 1994, 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 1994 to 2024.
- #11,032 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 279 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hawken ranks #11,032 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 279 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,032 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 279
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hawken's 279 recorded births place it above 75.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hawken's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hawken's full recorded timeline at 2012, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hawken popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2024
- Peak year (2017)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Hawken by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (170 births, 61% of the file).
2010s was Hawken's strongest decade.
170 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Hawken births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 51
2000s
51 births
- 2010s
2010s
170 births
- 2020s 36
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 170 births (61% of all-time use).
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What to do with Hawken's data
- Hawken's decade-level peak was the 2010s (170 total births); usage has since declined to 36 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hawken: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~30 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, 1994–2024 (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 Hawken 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.