Given name
Haaken
“of the chosen race; one who is exalted”
Haaken is a variant of Hakon. One Scandinavian interpretation is “of the chosen race; one who is exalted.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Haaken is a variant of Hakon. One Scandinavian interpretation is “of the chosen race; one who is exalted.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Haaken is a variant of Hakon. An origin associated with Hakon is Scandinavian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Haaken through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41
- 41 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2009.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Haaken
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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