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Hagen

Boy's name · #2044 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Hagen reached its best rank, #1240, in 2006 and ranked #2044 in 2025. Roughly 3,200 boys have been named Hagen since 1973.

Across the states

See where Hagen is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 9 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Hagen ranks in other countries and regions.

#2,483 in Austria (2025) · #4,434 in France (2024) · #4,790 in England & Wales (2022) · #13,599 in Italy (2022) · #4,319 in Ecuador (1995).

Famous Hagens

• Hagen Smith — Baseball player (born 2003)
• Hagen Kleinert — German physicist (1941–2025)
• Hagen Rether — Romanian-born German political cabaret artist and musician (born 1969)
• Hagen Danner — American baseball player (born 1998)
• Hagen Reinhold — German politician (born 1978)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 24,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Nina Hagen — German singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1955)
• Uta Hagen — American actress and teacher (1919–2004)
• Jean Hagen — American actress (1923–1977)

In stories & tradition

• Hagen — Character in German legend and Wagner's Ring Cycle
• Hagen von Lahnstein — Verbotene Liebe (TV series)
• Hagen Witt — Harter Brocken (film series)

What Hagens become

Among 252 notable people named Hagen:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.78× more often than among typical names — e.g. Hagen Kleinert, German physicist (1941–2025).

Similar names: Oskar · Johann · Coen · Rylen · Oden · Kolten

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