Hawkins
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAW-kinz
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,512 for boys
Hawkins is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Hawkin”. In 2025 it ranked 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
What does Hawkins mean?
English: English surname
“son of Hawkin”
Jim Hawkins is the young narrator of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.
Is Hawkins a girl's or a boy's name?
Hawkins is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 32 boys in the US.
How popular is Hawkins in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,512th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Hawkins, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,291st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 88 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914. 5 girls were also named Hawkins in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Hawkins than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Hawkins in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hawkins in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,467 |
| 2021 | 50 | #2,587 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,291 |
| 2019 | 74 | #1,973 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,166 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 2016 | 88 | #1,754 |
| 2015 | 59 | #2,252 |
| 2014 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2013 | 40 | #2,846 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Hawkins
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tatum, Tru, Beckham, Huxley, Kairo, Chozen, Hudson, Hayes, Amias, Hamza, Koa, Kingston
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Hawkins: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hawkins, updated 20 October 2026.