Ham

Where Ham comes from

Ham hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1886
    Debut at its peak, #845
    #845 among boys with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1900
    Ham Fisher born
    American comic strip writer and cartoonist
  4. 1951
    Ham Lini born
    Prime Minister of Vanuatu
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Ham Lini · Prime Minister of Vanuatu, 1951–2025
  • Ham Fisher · American comic strip writer and cartoonist, 1900–1955
  • Ham Hyatt · American baseball player, 1884–1963
  • Ham Kinsey · American actor, 1900–1967
  • Ham Wade · American baseball player, 1879–1968

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.