Girls' name · since 1993
Houda
Houda has 112 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,867 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 112
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
112 girls have been named Houda since 1993, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Houda has 112 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2021.
- #25,867 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 112 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Houda ranks #25,867 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 112 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,867 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 112
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Houda's 112 recorded births place it above 64.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Houda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Houda splits its recorded history at 2003: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Houda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2021
- Peak year (1997)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Houda by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (56 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Houda's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Houda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
35 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 56 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Houda's decade-level peak was the 2000s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Houda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1993–2021 (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 Houda 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.