Hoda — #12394 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Hoda

The Social Security Administration has registered 508 babies named Hoda between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hoda currently holds the #12394 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hoda performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Hoda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hoda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hoda 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 508 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.