Hawk

Peak · boys
2017 · 87 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
989
since 1982

Hawk over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hawk has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,768, 2017boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#5,04519
2024#3,33535
2023#3,11739
2022#2,71748
2021#2,97241
2020#2,43753
2019#2,21363
2018#2,08368
2017#1,76887
2016#2,43752
2015#2,32856
2014#2,88540
2013#3,18934
2012#3,29733
2011#3,60529
2010#3,81227
2009#5,10218
2008#5,76715
2007#8,1739
2006#6,09413
2005#5,03416
2004#7,5369
2003#5,27114
2002#5,39513
2001#5,66712
2000#6,31610
1999#6,5309
1998#6,3149
1997#4,05916
1996#4,18515
1995#4,28014
1994#5,10911
1993#5,7719
1992#6,1288
1991#5,9428
1990#7,1786
1989#6,9416
1988#5,2008
1987#3,73112
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First appearance
1982

The first year at least five boys were named Hawk! It came in at #6,385, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1982–1986, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Hawk is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Hawk in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Hawk
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,710 spots since 2024 (#3,335 → #5,045)
  • 2,608 spots since 2020 (#2,437 → #5,045)
  • 2,717 spots since 2015 (#2,328 → #5,045)
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1982
  • Peaked 2017 at #1,768 (87 births)
  • Births halved by 2021, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,275
  • Highest: 1 in 21,275 boys born in 2017 were named Hawk (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 49.4% of all boys named Hawk (489) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s31#3,731 (1987)#5,564
1990s105#4,059 (1997)#5,550
2000s129#5,034 (2005)#6,036
2010s489#1,768 (2017)#2,762
2020s235#2,437 (2020)#3,271

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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