Names / Boy names
Haggai
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#8,481
in 2023
First recorded
2003
in U.S. data
Children named
28
since 2003
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #8,481 in 2023 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Haggai makes its debut in American naming records in 2003, where it reads as a boys' name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Roughly 28 people have been given the name to date — a true rarity.