Girls' name · since 1988
Hodan
292 babies named Hodan in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,136 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,326 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 292
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hodan is the #12326 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 292 recorded since 1988.
Hodan has 292 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12326 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #16,136 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,326 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 292 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hodan ranks #16,136 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,326 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 292 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,136 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,326 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 292
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hodan's 292 recorded births place it above 77.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Minnesota.
How Hodan compares
292 45th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hodan's all-time total is 22% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hodan | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 292 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hodan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hodan's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hodan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Hodan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (127 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Hodan's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Hodan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
96 births
- 2010s
2010s
127 births
- 2020s 42
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 127 births (43% of all-time use).
Hodan by state
Where Hodan concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 33 | 11.3% |
33 of 292 births nationwide.
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What to do with Hodan's data
- Hodan's decade-level peak was the 2010s (127 total births); usage has since declined to 42 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Minnesota records the most Hodans (33 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Minnesota names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hodan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hodan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.