Boys' name · since 1967
Hondo
Since 1967, U.S. Social Security records show 99 babies named Hondo, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,460 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,889 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 99
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
99 babies have been named Hondo since 1967, making it today's #9889 boys' name.
Hondo has 99 recorded births among boys since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9889 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of boys, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2025.
- #17,460 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,889 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 99 born since 1967
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hondo ranks #17,460 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,889 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 99 born since 1967, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,460 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,889 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 99
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Hondo's 99 recorded births place it above 61.52% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hondo compares
99 26th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Hondo's all-time total is 73% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hondo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 99 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Hondo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hondo's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1967, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hondo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Hondo by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (30 births, 30% of the file).
1970s was Hondo's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Hondo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
30 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 30 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Hondo's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (30 total births) through the 2020s (28) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~58 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, 1967–2025 (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 Hondo 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.