Fun Facts About the Name Hagen
- More than 3 thousand babies named Hagen: U.S. records list 3,427 babies given the name Hagen from 1880 through 2025. Even 243 girls received the name Hagen - about 1 girl for every 13 boys.
What Does the Name Hagen Mean?
Hagen is a Germanic name meaning "enclosure" or "hedged pasture." It comes from the old Germanic naming element hag- (also written hagan), which referred to a fenced or hedged piece of land. The same element lies behind Old Norse hagi and Old English haga, the source of the word "haw" as in hawthorn. In Germanic naming, the element could stand alone as a name, as it does in Hagen, or be joined with other elements in compound names.
Because the word also meant a protected piece of ground, it appears in many place names as well as in personal names. Some instances of Hagen as a family name therefore likely come from a place called Hagen or from the ordinary noun for an enclosure, rather than from one single given-name tradition.
Hagen Name History & Origins
As a personal name, Hagen belongs to the older Germanic stock. The element hag- is recorded in medieval German names, and place names built on it are widespread in German-speaking regions, including the city of Hagen in Westphalia and numerous towns and districts ending in -hagen. This place-name use reflects the same underlying word for an enclosed or hedged area.
Hagen is best known from Germanic heroic legend. In the Middle High German Nibelungenlied, Hagen is a Burgundian warrior and adviser to King Gunther who kills Siegfried; in Old Norse sources the corresponding figure is Högni, a brother of Gunnar, who appears in the Poetic Edda and Völsunga saga. These are legendary and literary figures, and they are separate from the question of when the name itself first came into use.
The name has remained in use in German-speaking countries and in Scandinavia, where it is both a given name and a surname. It was carried to other countries by German and Scandinavian immigrants, and in the English-speaking world it appears mainly as a surname, with occasional use as a given name.
How Popular is the Name Hagen?
Hagen has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2006. Its best rank was #1,240 in 2006.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #9,116 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #9,841 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #8,719 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #12,657 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #12,616 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #7,483 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #16,539 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #11,014 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #10,358 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #6,548 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #13,571 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #9,224 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #11,607 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #8,345 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2010 | #15,639 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #10,224 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2008 | #14,371 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #11,977 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #10,873 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #13,511 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #11,014 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #12,892 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #14,218 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #13,263 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #10,449 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #14,221 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #13,747 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,044 | 73 | 0.0043% |
| 2024 | #2,153 | 68 | 0.0040% |
| 2023 | #1,803 | 89 | 0.0052% |
| 2022 | #1,773 | 93 | 0.0053% |
| 2021 | #1,539 | 114 | 0.0065% |
| 2020 | #1,781 | 85 | 0.0049% |
| 2019 | #1,683 | 95 | 0.0053% |
| 2018 | #1,533 | 111 | 0.0061% |
| 2017 | #1,559 | 105 | 0.0057% |
| 2016 | #1,383 | 128 | 0.0067% |
| 2015 | #1,456 | 116 | 0.0061% |
| 2014 | #1,379 | 124 | 0.0065% |
| 2013 | #1,478 | 111 | 0.0059% |
| 2012 | #1,349 | 126 | 0.0066% |
| 2011 | #1,419 | 117 | 0.0062% |
| 2010 | #1,379 | 122 | 0.0064% |
| 2009 | #1,361 | 126 | 0.0064% |
| 2008 | #1,309 | 133 | 0.0065% |
| 2007 | #1,328 | 128 | 0.0062% |
| 2006 | #1,240 | 135 | 0.0066% |
| 2005 | #1,473 | 99 | 0.0050% |
| 2004 | #1,471 | 93 | 0.0047% |
| 2003 | #1,377 | 98 | 0.0050% |
| 2002 | #1,435 | 90 | 0.0046% |
| 2001 | #1,530 | 79 | 0.0041% |
| 2000 | #1,591 | 74 | 0.0038% |
| 1999 | #1,807 | 55 | 0.0029% |
| 1998 | #1,750 | 58 | 0.0030% |
| 1997 | #1,938 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 1996 | #1,623 | 60 | 0.0032% |
| 1995 | #2,151 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 1994 | #2,578 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 1993 | #3,184 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1992 | #5,007 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #4,586 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #4,053 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #3,889 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1988 | #5,390 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #5,134 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #3,720 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1985 | #4,458 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #4,709 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #6,647 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #4,758 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #4,682 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #3,952 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #5,333 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #6,215 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #4,726 | 6 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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