Hagen

“Named for Hagen von Tronje, a Burgundian hero in Germanic legend” — Germanic legend (Nibelungenlied) origin

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

Hagen reached its best rank, #1240, in 2006 and ranked #2044 in 2025. Roughly 3,200 boys have been named Hagen since 1973. It is also an American family name — about 24,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data.

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

Famous Hagens

Hagen Kleinert — German physicist
Hagen Melzer — East German athletics competitor
Hagen Stamm — German water polo player and coach
Hagen Schulze — German historian (1943-2014)
Hagen Kearney — American snowboarder

In stories & tradition

Hagen — Nibelungenlied · Atlakviða
Hagen von Lahnstein — Verbotene Liebe
Hagen Witt — Harter Brocken

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.

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

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