Håkan is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “high son.” In 2024 it was given to 16 boys in the United States.
Håkan belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “high son” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Håkan first appears in Social Security records in 1973. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3831 in 1973, and in 2024 16 babies received the name — 367 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Håkan means “high son” in its Scandinavian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Håkan is a boy name. In 2024, 16 babies received the name in the US.
Håkan comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Håkan first appears in US records in 1973. Its best-ever ranking was #3831 in 1973, and 16 babies were given the name in 2024.
Håkan is pronounced /web.archive.org/ (IPA).
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