Hjalmar
Hjalmar is a Scandinavian male given name, from Old Norse Hjálmarr. Hjalmar is the name of a legendary warrior and lover in Swedish mythology.
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Icelandic
Meaning & Origin of Hjalmar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hjalmar is a Scandinavian male given name, from Old Norse Hjálmarr. Hjalmar is the name of a legendary warrior and lover in Swedish mythology.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Icelandic
- Faroese
The Story of Hjalmar
American parents first put Hjalmar on the record books as a baby boy name in 1889, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1916, when 13 Hjalmars were born — ranking #2,152 that year. About 39% of every Hjalmar on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Hjalmar last appeared in the published SSA data in 1937, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 115 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Hjalmar
Hjalmar is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1889 and has accumulated 115 births in the dataset. Hjalmar's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #2,152. Use the chart and map above to compare Hjalmar's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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