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Names: H

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2,566 names starting with "H"

What the Data Says About Names Starting with H

The Social Security Administration's national baby-name archive contains 2,566 distinct names beginning with the letter H, out of roughly 104,000 total names tracked since 1880. On this page (sorted by name), the leading entry is Houghton with 21 cumulative births. Within the 50 names on this page, 40 are classified as boys' names and 10 as girls' names in SSA records — reflecting the overall letter-level split for {letter}. Every name shown has appeared five or more times in at least one year of SSA data — rarer spellings fall below the disclosure threshold and are not included.

Of the 50 names displayed, 16 currently rank within SSA's annual top 1,000 for their gender — making them actively popular rather than historical-only entries. Combined, these 50 names represent 382,778 births across all years of the SSA archive. Letter-level patterns reveal broader naming conventions: some letters (J, M, S) dominate both boys' and girls' name distributions, while others (U, Y, Q, X, Z) are comparatively rare starting letters in English naming traditions. The distribution of names starting with H reflects both the English-language convention inherited from the Anglo-American majority and the steady contribution of international names (Spanish, Arabic, Asian, African origins) added to the U.S. naming pool over the past century.

All figures on this page derive from publicly released SSA baby-name files, which record the first name on every Social Security card application for U.S. births. Names are tracked by exact spelling, so homophones and near-variants (Sarah and Sara, Aiden and Ayden) count as separate entries; combining them would substantially change the ordering. Peak-year and rank data are drawn from the same SSA files and reflect name-year records with five or more occurrences. This listing is paginated in groups of 50 — across all letter-H names, there are 52 total pages at this sort order. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute naming, legal, or genealogical advice.

Showing 2,251–2,300 of 2,566

Sort by: Name (A–Z) Most Popular Current Rank
Name Gender Total Births
Houghton Boy 21
Housten Boy 11
Houstin Boy 5
Houston Boy 17,699
Houston Girl 425
Houstyn Girl 24
Houstyn Boy 18
Hovanes Boy 63
Hovannes Boy 22
Hover Boy 7
Hovey Boy 5
Hovhannes Boy 73
Hovie Boy 10
Hovig Boy 11
Hovik Boy 13
Hovsep Boy 33
Howard Boy 346,444
Howard Girl 1,676
Howardine Girl 7
Howe Boy 28
Howell Boy 3,911
Howie Boy 766
Howl Boy 53
Howland Boy 22
Hoy Boy 825
Hoyal Boy 16
Hoyd Boy 5
Hoye Boy 54
Hoyet Boy 38
Hoyett Boy 15
Hoyle Boy 1,003
Hoyt Boy 8,518
Hoyt Girl 10
Hoyte Boy 262
Hoytt Boy 6
Hozel Girl 5
Hozie Boy 37
Hrach Boy 16
Hrag Boy 22
Hrehaan Boy 16
Hrida Girl 26
Hridaan Boy 135
Hridan Boy 6
Hriday Boy 124
Hridaya Boy 12
Hridaya Girl 5
Hridha Girl 5
Hridhaan Boy 211
Hridya Girl 11
Hrihaan Boy 48

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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

Source: SSA Baby Names Methodology — names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a year are excluded for privacy.

Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details.