Hawthorne — #4074 US boys' name
402 babies named Hawthorne in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 71% of names given to boys today.
47% of everyone ever named Hawthorne was born in this single decade.
36 babies were named Hawthorne in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hawthorne
The Social Security Administration has registered 402 babies named Hawthorne between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hawthorne currently holds the #4074 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 36 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hawthorne performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 188 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Hawthorne shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hawthorne in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hawthorne 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 402 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.
Hawthorne at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Hawthorne popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1916
- Peak year (2016)
- 36
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
Currently ranks #4074 among boys.
402 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 36 births in a single year.
Hawthorne popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 2016 (Hawthorne as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Hawthorne accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Hawthorne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 188 births that decade — 47% of Hawthorne's all-time total
Hawthorne decade highlights
- Peak decade 188 births
- Runner-up 114 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Hawthorne's strongest decade
188 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% 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 402 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.