Hawk

Popularity Trends

The name Hawk is the #6,804 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 935 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 12.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,656 (20.2% percentile) for all time with 935 births since 1982.

Hawk first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (first recorded for boys in 1982). Birth data for Hawk is available in 38 out of the 42 years between 1982 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Hawk reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 9.0% percentile (ranked #832) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 44 births per million (ranked 9.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Hawk ranks #877 for boys (3.7% percentile) with 21 births per million, which is 48.4% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hawk".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

935

Peak Births

Peak Year

2017

First Recorded

1982

Peak Percentile

9.0%

Current Percentile

3.7%

Peak Rank

#832

Current Rank

#877

Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Hawk", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Hawk.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Hawk's popularity from 1979 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Hawk at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Hawk range from Raylynn at 97.2% correlation to Brinley at 96.5% correlation, with an average correlation level of 96.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Grayson with 121.0K births (97% boys) and the least popular is Selim with 908 births (100% boys).

Hawk's share of births peaked at 44 births per million for boys in 2017. It reached its lowest point of 2.6 births per million (6% of peak) in 1982. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Hawk had 21.3 births per million, 48% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Raylynn

3,500

97.15% (very strong)

Khali

1,980

97.13% (very strong)

Grayson

121k

97.09% (very strong)

Arina

1,055

97.08% (very strong)

Raelyn

14.5k

97.00% (very strong)

Selim

908

96.97% (very strong)

Eyad

1,271

96.95% (very strong)

Amina

17.3k

96.94% (very strong)

Killian

15.1k

96.75% (very strong)

Sawyer

76.3k

96.72% (very strong)

Greyson

55.7k

96.56% (very strong)

Brinley

12.6k

96.53% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Hawk

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Hawk. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Hawk is pronounced as hawk, which has 1 syllables.

hawk

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hawk (1 syllable)

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HH AO1 K

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like HH AO1 K) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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