Hodan — #10523 US girls' name
285 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.
More common than 40% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Hodan was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Hodan in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hodan
The Social Security Administration has registered 285 babies named Hodan between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hodan currently holds the #10523 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hodan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Hodan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hodan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hodan 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 285 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.
Hodan at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Hodan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (2009)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #10523 among girls.
285 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 19 births in a single year.
Hodan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 127 births that decade — 45% of Hodan's all-time total
Hodan decade highlights
- Peak decade 127 births
- Runner-up 96 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Hodan's strongest decade
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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 | 11.6% |
33 of 285 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 11.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 11.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.