Hjalmer — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hjalmer

The Social Security Administration has registered 202 babies named Hjalmer between 1884 and 1932, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hjalmer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1932. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hjalmer performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Hjalmer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Dakota and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Hjalmer in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hjalmer 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 202 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.