Håkan
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Old Norse. From Old Norse Hákon. Cognate with Faroese Hákun, Icelandic Hákon, Norwegian Håkon and Danish Hågen.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Håkan (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Håkan has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 12 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2005 | 6 |
| 2006 | 9 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 7 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 26,464 |
| 2000 | 26,569 |
| 2001 | 26,686 |
| 2002 | 26,783 |
| 2003 | 27,021 |
| 2004 | 27,146 |
| 2005 | 27,063 |
| 2006 | 27,104 |
| 2007 | 26,996 |
| 2008 | 27,001 |
| 2009 | 26,886 |
| 2010 | 26,797 |
| 2011 | 26,682 |
| 2012 | 26,583 |
| 2013 | 26,503 |
| 2014 | 26,383 |
| 2015 | 26,275 |
| 2016 | 26,141 |
| 2017 | 25,992 |
| 2018 | 25,823 |
| 2019 | 25,672 |
| 2020 | 25,508 |
Håkan in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Håkan.Hi! My name is Håkan.
- Håkan har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Håkan has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Håkan i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Håkan this afternoon.
- Håkans mamma är lärare.Håkan's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Håkans mamma is Håkan's mum.
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Questions about Håkan
How do you pronounce Håkan in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Håkan from a native speaker's recording. Å is close to the vowel in 'more'.
What does the name Håkan mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Old Norse. From Old Norse Hákon. Cognate with Faroese Hákun, Icelandic Hákon, Norwegian Håkon and Danish Hågen.
How popular is Håkan in Sweden?
7 babies were named Håkan in 2022. In 2020, 25,508 people in Sweden had Håkan as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.