Is Hawkins a boy or girl name?

Hawkins is a boy’s name. Of the 933 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 1.6% were girls and 98.4% were boys.

Hawkins

Recorded 1914–2025 · United States

Hawkins was most popular in 2016, when 88 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,869 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,835, with 37 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 933 people named Hawkins.

Hawkins over time

Births per year. The dot marks Hawkins’s peak in 2016. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Hawkins a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Hawkins is a boy’s name — 1.6% of the 933 Americans given it were girls and 98.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 3% girls and 97% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Hawkins

Where Hawkins is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Texas 6.3×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org