Boys' name · since 2012
Hawthorn
112 babies named Hawthorn in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,664 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,123 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 112
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
112 babies have been named Hawthorn since 2012, making it today's #8123 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hawthorn has been recorded 112 times among boys since 2012, currently ranked #8123 nationally and more common than 42% 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 2012 to 2025.
- #16,664 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,123 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 112 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hawthorn ranks #16,664 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,123 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 112 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,664 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,123 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 112
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hawthorn's 112 recorded births place it above 63.27% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hawthorn compares
112 28th 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
Hawthorn's all-time total is 70% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hawthorn | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 112 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Hawthorn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hawthorn's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hawthorn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Hawthorn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (71 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Hawthorn's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Hawthorn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 71 births (63% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hawthorn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~13 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, 2012–2025 (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 Hawthorn 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.