Hakan
About Hakan
A Turkish twist on the trend for ruler names.
Spelled Håkan, this is the Swedish form of Haakon. It may also be a Native American name meaning "fiery".
Pronounced hah-KAHN.
As of October 2026, Hakan ranked #7860 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3831 in 1973.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Hakan on lists
Famous Hakans
- Hakan Arıkan
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- Hakan Çalhanoğlu
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- Håkan Karl Leonard Westergren
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swimmer
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- Håkan Nesser
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- Håkan Samuelsson
CEO of Volvo Cars
- Hakan Söyler
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- Hakan Şükür
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- Håkan the Red
11th,century king of Sweden
Hakan in pop culture
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