Hodari — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hodari

The Social Security Administration has registered 91 babies named Hodari between 1972 and 2022, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hodari currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hodari performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Hodari shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hodari in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hodari 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 91 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.