Haakon
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Old Norse
Haakon is a boys' name of Old Norse origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Haakon mean?
Old Norse
A male given name from Old Norse; that of many kings of Norway.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Haakon a girl's or a boy's name?
Haakon is a boys' name.
How popular is Haakon in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Haakon in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Haakon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
Names like Haakon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru, Kairo, Loki, Yitzchok, Kingston, Sutton, Yusuf, Kaizen, Dakota, Hudson, Hutson, Remington
Names related to Haakon
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ronnie, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Haakon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haakon, updated 20 October 2026.