Hagen
Hagen is a masculine given name. Bearers of the name include:Hagen Danner, American baseball player Hagen Kearney, American snowboarder Hagen Kleinert, German theoretical physicist Hagen Kunze, German journalist, music critic and playwright Hagen Liebing (1961–2016), German bass player for the punk band Die Ärzte and journalist Hagen von Ortloff, German television presenter Hagen Reeck, German…
- German
- Germanic Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Hagen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hagen is a masculine given name. Bearers of the name include:Hagen Danner, American baseball player Hagen Kearney, American snowboarder Hagen Kleinert, German theoretical physicist Hagen Kunze, German journalist, music critic and playwright Hagen Liebing (1961–2016), German bass player for the punk band Die Ärzte and journalist Hagen von Ortloff, German television presenter Hagen Reeck, German…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Germanic Mythology
The Story of Hagen
As a girl name
Hagen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1990, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2015: 19 births, good for #6,450 nationwide. About 44% of every Hagen on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Hagen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 11 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 243 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Hagen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1973, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2006: 135 births, good for #1,239 nationwide. About 35% of every Hagen on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Hagen ranks #2,136 for boys with 70 births, falling sharply (-23%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Hagen
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- Hagano
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About the name Hagen
Hagen is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Hagen's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #1,239. Use the chart and map above to compare Hagen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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