Hodge — boys' name
68 babies named Hodge in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Hodge was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Hodge in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hodge
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Hodge between 1915 and 2008, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hodge currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hodge performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Hodge shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hodge in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hodge 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 68 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.
Hodge at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hodge popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1915
- Peak year (1925)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 94 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
68 total births across 94 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 10 births in a single year.
Hodge by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 34 births that decade — 50% of Hodge's all-time total
Hodge decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Hodge's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Hodge by state
Where Hodge concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 5 | 7.4% |
5 of 68 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 7.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 7.4% 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, 1915–2008 (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.