Haddon
Masculine · “heath hill”
Haddon is given to both — 821 boys and 53 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Haddon is a hill covered in heather. Old English put its landscape into place-names with real precision — the kind of ground, the kind of tree, the kind of animal — and this one names the heath on the slope.
How old is the name Haddon?
Haddon first appears in US birth records in 1924 — 101 years ago. The typical Haddon is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Haddon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Haddon most popular?
Haddon peaked in 2020, reaching #2366 nationally. Today it ranks #2833, 467 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
From haeth dun to Haddon
The story of Haddon
Haddon Hall in Derbyshire is the best-known of the places, a medieval manor on a hill above the river Wye, and the surname went out from villages of the name across the English midlands. It reached America as a surname and has become a given name recently, alongside Hadley, Camden and Ellison — the group of two-syllable English place-names that American parents have been moving forward for a generation. Its ending, -don, is one of the most common in English place-names and is a hill, not the word done.
Meaning
heath hill
Old English haeth, 'heath, heather', with dun, 'hill' — the same dun behind downs and behind a long list of English place-names. Haddon in Derbyshire and Northamptonshire are both recorded in that form. The reading is documented, and it describes exactly what those places look like.
How the name formed
- haeth dun
- Haddon
Pronouncing Haddon
HAD-un
Two syllables, stress on the first, the second reduced. There is no ambiguity in the sound at all.
Nicknames for Haddon
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1924
- Most boys named
- 202056 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2366reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- +22.2%44 in 2025, from 36
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Haddon in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, North Carolina, Georgia.
Haddons among us
people named Haddon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 38,820 born in 2025 was named Haddon
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Thierry test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Haddon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Thierry climbed just as high around 1965, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Thierry's path sketches the road Haddon is walking now.
Haddon sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Haddon is headed
Haddon should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Haddon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Haddon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented English place-name with a clear and visual meaning behind it.
- Don and Haddy are both natural short forms and Don is a full name of its own.
- Two syllables, phonetic spelling, and nothing silent to explain.
- Haddon, Hadden and Hadon all circulate, so the spelling gets asked for.
- The front syllable is an ordinary English verb, which children will find.
- It is very close to Hayden and Hadley and gets misheard as both.
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Frequently asked
- How many Haddons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Haddon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Haddon in 2025?
- Haddon ranks #2833 among US boy names in 2025, with 44 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Haddon?
- About 1 in every 38,820 US boys born in 2025 was named Haddon — 44 in all.
- Will my child share the name Haddon with classmates?
- Haddon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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