Hjordis — girls' name

What the Data Says About Hjordis

The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Hjordis between 1913 and 1959, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hjordis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hjordis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Hjordis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hjordis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hjordis 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 53 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.