Hawthorne
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAW-thorn
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Hawthorne is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hawthorn”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Hawthorne mean?
English: English surname from the hawthorn tree
“hawthorn”
From an English surname for someone living by hawthorn trees; borne by novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Is Hawthorne a girl's or a boy's name?
Hawthorne is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hawthorne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,248th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Hawthorne, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Hawthorne in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hawthorne in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
Nicknames for Hawthorne
- Hawk 3 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Hawthorne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chozen, Kyaire, Hudson, Huxley, Truce, Ace, Tru, Zyaire, Sincere, Archer, Shepherd, Hayes
Names related to Hawthorne
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, “Hawthorne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hawthorne, updated 20 October 2026.