Hawk
2025 SSA
About Hawk
Animal names are on the rise, especially more of the aggressive Hawk-Fox-Wolf variety than cute little Bunnys or Robins, and Hawk is a prime example.
Hawk is more commonly heard as a surname, represented by uber-skateboarder Tony Hawk, a pioneer of modern vertical skateboarding. Variations include Hawke, as in actor Ethan, Hawks, as in Golden Age movie director Howard, Hawking, as in scientist Stephen, and Hawkins, as in musicians Coleman, Screamin' Jay and Sophie B, and was recently given to his baby boy by quarterback Tony Romo.
There have been characters named or nicknamed Hawk in The Revenant, The Path and Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels. Hawk flirts with the lower reaches of the Nameberry Top 1000, and was given to about 40 baby boys in the US last year, the same number as were called Homer and Hardy.
Pronounced HAWK.
As of October 2026, Hawk ranked #5099 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1770 in 2017.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,904 | 40 | 20.8 |
| 2015 | #2,332 | 56 | 29.2 |
| 2016 | #2,449 | 52 | 27.4 |
| 2017 | #1,770 | 87 | 47 |
| 2018 | #2,090 | 68 | 37.4 |
| 2019 | #2,223 | 63 | 35.1 |
| 2020 | #2,447 | 53 | 30.7 |
| 2021 | #2,994 | 41 | 23.4 |
| 2022 | #2,730 | 48 | 27.5 |
| 2023 | #3,137 | 39 | 22.8 |
| 2024 | #3,343 | 35 | 20.3 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Hawk on lists
Famous Hawks
- Howard Winchel "Hawk" Koch Jr.
American film producer
- Robert Dale "Hawk" Taylor
American baseball player
- David J. "Hawk" Wolinski
American musician
- Road Warrior Hawk
ring name of Michael Hegstrand, American pro wrestler
- Big Hawk
stage name of John Edward Hawkins, American rapper
- Tennessee Hawkins "Hawk" Church (b. 2015)
son of country music singer (Kenneth) Eric Church
- Isaiah Hawk Wilson (b. 2015)
son of reality TV personality Holly Montag & Rich Wilson
- Anthony Frank "Tony" Hawk
American skateboarder
Hawk in pop culture
- Hawk
character in the G.I. Joe series
- Hawk aka Hank Hall
character in DC's Hawk and Dove comics
- Hawk Glass
character in book/film "The Revenant"
- Hawk Lane
character on TV's "The Path"
- "Hawk the Slayer
" 1980 British film and its main character
- Hawk
character on TV's "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"
- Deputy Tommy "Hawk" Hill
a character on TV's "Twin Peaks"
- Hawk
character in the Spenser novels by Robert B. Parker and TV's "A Man Called Hawk"
- Hawkeye aka Clint Barton
character in Marvel's Avengers comics
- Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
character on TV's "M*A*S*H"
- Hawke
main character in "Dragon Age II"
- Hawk Nelson
Christian rock band
- Hawk Moth (La Papillon)
villain in the French Children's TV show, "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir"