Hawk vs Hawkins
American parents have registered 989 Hawks since 1880, against 933 Hawkinses. But in 2025 it was Hawkins that was commoner, 37 babies to 19.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Hawk Hawkins
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 43 years in which either name was published, Hawk for 27 years and Hawkins for 16 years. The lead changed hands 6 times.
Side by side
| Hawk | Hawkins | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 989 | 933 |
| Most in one year | 87 | 88 |
| Babies in 2025 | 19 | 37 |
| Estimated living today | 980 | 910 |
| Median age today | 9 | 8 |
| Peak year | 2017 | 2016 |
| Best rank | 1,768th boys | 1,754th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 5,045th | 3,513th |
| First recorded | 1982 | 1914 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 989 | 15 / 918 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Where each one is strongest
- Hawk California (5.6×), Texas (2.4×)
- Hawkins Texas (6.3×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Hawk and Hawkins.