Hodan

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Hodan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Hodan: Recorded since 1968, it reached #368 in 1986, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#368highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#2152
1998	#1697
1999	#2189
2001	#2466
2002	#1658
2003	#3099
2004	#2112
2005	#2247
2006	#1983
2007	#2895
2008	#2721
2009	#3422
2010	#3533
2011	#3549
2012	#2717
2013	#2460
2014	#4003
2015	#3615
2016	#5785
2018	#4684
2019	#3151
2020	#4535
2021	#4634
2022	#3533
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 22 of the 47 years from 1968 to 2014.

In 2014: #518 among girls in Norway, #4003 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1968–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #495 among girls in Norway in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1968–2014
Highest recorded position: #368 among girls in Norway, in 1986 (recorded 1968–2014).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Hodan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 26 ranked years and 179 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Girls, from 1968.

Hodan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Hodan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#495 (1968)	#368 (1986)	#518 (2014)	22 of 47	132 (1968–2014)	12 (1986)
England and Wales · Girls	#1914 (1996)	#1658 (2002)	#4192 (2024)	26 of 29	179 (1996–2024)	11 (2002)

Hodan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Hodan in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	32	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	72	9 of 10	8
2010s	56	9 of 10	6
2020s	19	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Hodan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1968 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #368 in Norway in 1986.

Hodan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#518	5	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#583	4	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#595	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#501	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#455	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#449	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#546	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#616	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#506	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#483	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#632	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#629	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#598	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#489	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#485	8	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#368	12	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#515	7	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#403	10	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#572	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#553	5	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#592	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#495	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1968 and 2024, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #368, first reached in 1986.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Norway in 1986.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Ho · #976, 16y
Hogne · #264, 46y
Hoi · #620, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Leone · #363, 37y
Hong · #360, 38y
Mathis · #379, 34y
Milos · #356, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Adem · #368, 44y
Juliana · #366, 48y
Aleksandr · #365, 48y
Georgios · #365, 51y

Hodan was ranked #368 in Norway · Girls in 1986. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Hodan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Hodan without appearing here.

Hodan moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Debra Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3099 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1983 and #4157.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3533 and #5669.
Karen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4634 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3533 and #4645.

Moved ahead of Hodan

Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2233.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2460 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Francis Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2449.

Moved the opposite way to Hodan

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hodan went from #1914 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hodan went from #1914 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hodan went from #1914 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hodan went from #1914 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Hodan

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hodan went from #1914 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hodan went from #1914 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hodan went from #1914 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hodan went from #1914 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1968 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #368 in Norway in 1986. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hodan

Hodan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hodan across 2 official records

Hodan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hodan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Hodan

Hodan and the names beside it

Hodan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hodan

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Hodan at a glance

Hodan across 2 official records

Hodan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hodan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Hodan

Hodan and the names beside it

Hodan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hodan

Moved the opposite way to Hodan

Moved the same way as Hodan