Hodan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HOH-dan
- Origin
- Somali
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Hodan is a girls' name of Somali origin, meaning “wealthy, prosperous”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Hodan mean?
Somali: Somali hodan
“wealthy, prosperous”
Is Hodan a girl's or a boy's name?
Hodan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hodan in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hodan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Hodan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Hodan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Hodan, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Hodan in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hodan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Names like Hodan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hafsa Safa Zainab Hiba Eilidh Rowan Keira Ayah Eden Aaliyah Ayra Imogen
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hodan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hodan, updated 20 October 2026.