Hamilton
Hamilton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 50 births. Its best rank was 347th, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 500.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201698 births
- Best rank
- #347in 1883
- Since 1880
- 6,479people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,479 boys have been named Hamilton in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 98 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 2010s alone account for 12%. It has spent 52 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hamilton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 148 | |
| 1890s | 103 | |
| 1900s | 144 | |
| 1910s | 557 | |
| 1920s | 625 | |
| 1930s | 387 | |
| 1940s | 381 | |
| 1950s | 338 | |
| 1960s | 352 | |
| 1970s | 373 | |
| 1980s | 615 | |
| 1990s | 691 | |
| 2000s | 677 | |
| 2010s | 793 | |
| 2020s | 295 |
In 2016, its biggest year
Hamilton was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Hamilton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mosespeak 2016
- Anguspeak 2006
- Orinpeak 1920
- Wilhelmpeak 2014
- Leanderpeak 2023
- Zebpeak 1979
- Edgarpeak 2005
- Reubenpeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.