Hawken
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAW-ken
- Origin
- English
Hawken is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Hawken mean?
English: English surname
The Hawken rifle, made by the Hawken brothers of St Louis, was favoured by 19th-century mountain men.
Is Hawken a girl's or a boy's name?
Hawken is a boys' name.
How popular is Hawken in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Hawken in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hawken in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Names like Hawken
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Hawken: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hawken, updated 20 October 2026.