Hjalmar — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hjalmar

The Social Security Administration has registered 115 babies named Hjalmar between 1889 and 1937, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hjalmar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1937. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hjalmar performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Hjalmar shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hjalmar in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 115 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.