Boys' name · since 1916
Hawthorne
Hawthorne has 426 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,686 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,269 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 426
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hawthorne currently ranks #4269 among boys' names in America, with 426 babies recorded since 1916.
Hawthorne has 426 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4269 as of the latest data, more common than 69% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #8,686 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,269 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 426 born since 1916
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hawthorne ranks #8,686 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,269 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 426 born since 1916, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,686 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,269 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 426
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hawthorne's 426 recorded births place it above 80.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Hawthorne compares
426 Top 47% higher than 53% of 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
Hawthorne's all-time total is 15% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hawthorne | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 426 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 34 | 22,252 |
Hawthorne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hawthorne's full recorded timeline at 2008, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 36 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hawthorne popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Hawthorne popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 2016 (Hawthorne as girls' name)
Hawthorne by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (188 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Hawthorne's strongest decade.
188 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Hawthorne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 18
1910s
18 births
- 1920s 17
1920s
17 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 29
2000s
29 births
- 2010s
2010s
188 births
- 2020s
2020s
138 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 188 births (44% of all-time use).
Hawthorne by state
Where Hawthorne concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 426 births nationwide.
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What to do with Hawthorne's data
- Hawthorne's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (188 total births) through the 2020s (138) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Hawthornes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hawthorne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~109 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, 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 Hawthorne 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.