Hodan

#12,386 in 2025Girls' name

Rich, lush

Hodan has been given to 292 babies in the U.S. since 1988. In 2025 it ranked #12,386 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Hodan, 2025

1 in 474,000

Hodan over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hodan: meaning, origin, and history

Rich, lush

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hodan means

Hodan means “rich, lush”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Hodan is used in Somali.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 292 girls were recorded with the name Hodan between 1988 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2009; its best national rank was #6,904 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,807 in 2020 to #12,386 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,156 in 2015 to #12,386 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Hodan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 230,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #12,386; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Hodan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hodan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hodans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hodan was born before 2012 — so the typical Hodan is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 43.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 89.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 292; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 43.5% of all recorded uses (127).

Is Hodan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −1,810; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,579; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −4,230; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.50×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 36.8%; Peak was 2009 (19)
Years since peak: 16; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 51.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,904; 2009

Spellings of Hodan

Hodan is not the most common spelling — Joan is, with 67.8% against Hodan's 0.04%.

Joan67.8%481,238
Jordan19.1%135,599
Logan4.5%31,838
Rhoda3.7%26,057
Rowan3.1%22,225
Aidan0.38%2,727
Hanan0.29%2,081
Huda0.28%2,021

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Hodan is used

Across 1910–2025, Hodan was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 89,748 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Minnesota1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Hodan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Hodan around the world

Where Hodan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2024
#4,193
in 2024
Norway
1880–2014
#506
in 2014
Canada
1991–2019
#2,629
in 2019

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Norway and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. SSB data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Hodan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #12,386
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,579
Best rank ever: #6,904; 2009
Peak year: 2009; 19 that year
First recorded: 1988
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 292
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Hodan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Hodaya Hoda Edan Jadan Adan Ladan Aydan Yoadan Dan Aidan Londan Jaidan Jaydan Kaydan Brendan Haydan Aedan Sadan Joydan Jaedan Kaidan Liadan Brandan Jhordan

Sibling names for Hodan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Shyann Sydni Sydnie Rhianna Alysa Jacquelin Jaiden

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Gavyn Jerimiah Jarod Keven Jamarcus

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