Hawthorn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAW-thorn
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Hawthorn is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hedge thorn”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Hawthorn mean?
English: the tree, from Old English hagathorn
“hedge thorn”
The hawthorn, or may tree, blossoms in late spring and is rich in British folklore.
Is Hawthorn a girl's or a boy's name?
Hawthorn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hawthorn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Hawthorn, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the boys named Hawthorn in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hawthorn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
Names like Hawthorn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chozen, Tru, Kaizen, Kairo, Dutton, Huxton, Huxley, Hutson, Kenzo, Sevyn, Kasai, Kingston
Names related to Hawthorn
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Hawthorn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hawthorn, updated 20 October 2026.