Hagen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAH-gen
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,035 for boys
Hagen is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “enclosure, hedged pasture”. In 2025 it ranked 2,035th for boys in the US (73 babies).
What does Hagen mean?
Germanic: German and Scandinavian name and surname
“enclosure, hedged pasture”
Hagen of Tronje is the warrior who kills the hero Siegfried in the medieval German Nibelungenlied.
Is Hagen a girl's or a boy's name?
Hagen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 73 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hagen in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 5 boys.
Hagen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Hagen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,035th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 73 about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 73 boys in the US were named Hagen, making it the 2,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,778th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 135 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Hagen in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hagen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #2,035 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,133 |
| 2023 | 89 | #1,803 |
| 2022 | 93 | #1,771 |
| 2021 | 114 | #1,538 |
| 2020 | 85 | #1,778 |
| 2019 | 95 | #1,678 |
| 2018 | 111 | #1,530 |
| 2017 | 105 | #1,554 |
| 2016 | 128 | #1,382 |
| 2015 | 116 | #1,453 |
| 2014 | 124 | #1,375 |
| 2013 | 111 | #1,475 |
| 2012 | 126 | #1,346 |
| 2011 | 117 | #1,411 |
| 2010 | 122 | #1,376 |
| 2009 | 126 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 133 | #1,303 |
| 2007 | 128 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 135 | #1,239 |
| 2005 | 99 | #1,470 |
| 2004 | 93 | #1,465 |
| 2003 | 98 | #1,371 |
| 2002 | 90 | #1,430 |
| 2001 | 79 | #1,523 |
| 2000 | 74 | #1,581 |
| 1999 | 55 | #1,798 |
| 1998 | 58 | #1,738 |
| 1997 | 47 | #1,930 |
| 1996 | 60 | #1,613 |
| 1995 | 38 | #2,135 |
| 1994 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
Names like Hagen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Aiden, Finn, Ronan, Brody, Kian, Rowan, Eden, Caelan, Jayden, Brayden, Logan
Names related to Hagen
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Hagen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hagen, updated 20 October 2026.