Hser — unisex name
78 babies named Hser in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
92% of everyone ever named Hser was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Hser in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hser
The Social Security Administration has registered 78 babies named Hser between 2012 and 2022, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hser currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Hser is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 31 additional births since 2011.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hser performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Hser shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hser in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hser 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 78 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.
Hser at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hser popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2012
- Peak year (2016)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
78 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 13 births in a single year.
Hser popularity over time — boys
31 total births recorded since 2011 (Hser as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Hser accounts for 28% of total recorded use across both genders.
Hser by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 72 births that decade — 92% of Hser's all-time total
Hser decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Hser's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 92% of all-time use.
Hser by state
Where Hser concentrates geographically — total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 5 | 6.4% |
5 of 78 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 6.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 6.4% 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, 2012–2022 (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.