Hamilton
#3,128 for boys in 2025, 38 births
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 23 births
- Debut · boys
- 17 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,517since 1880
Hamilton over time
Rank among boys' names. Hamilton has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,128 | 38 |
| 2024 | #2,637 | 50 |
| 2023 | #2,693 | 48 |
| 2022 | #2,150 | 68 |
| 2021 | #2,026 | 73 |
| 2020 | #2,366 | 56 |
| 2019 | #1,849 | 81 |
| 2018 | #1,872 | 80 |
| 2017 | #1,809 | 83 |
| 2016 | #1,628 | 98 |
| 2015 | #1,767 | 86 |
| 2014 | #1,657 | 93 |
| 2013 | #1,709 | 86 |
| 2012 | #2,292 | 56 |
| 2011 | #1,947 | 71 |
| 2010 | #2,212 | 59 |
| 2009 | #1,861 | 78 |
| 2008 | #1,665 | 92 |
| 2007 | #2,139 | 63 |
| 2006 | #1,823 | 75 |
| 2005 | #2,081 | 59 |
| 2004 | #1,911 | 64 |
| 2003 | #2,031 | 56 |
| 2002 | #1,998 | 55 |
| 2001 | #1,543 | 78 |
| 2000 | #1,848 | 57 |
| 1999 | #1,671 | 63 |
| 1998 | #1,585 | 66 |
| 1997 | #1,535 | 67 |
| 1996 | #1,454 | 70 |
| 1995 | #1,430 | 69 |
| 1994 | #1,218 | 89 |
| 1993 | #1,420 | 67 |
| 1992 | #1,371 | 68 |
| 1991 | #1,314 | 73 |
| 1990 | #1,464 | 59 |
| 1989 | #1,349 | 66 |
| 1988 | #1,341 | 59 |
| 1987 | #1,096 | 77 |
| 1986 | #1,320 | 55 |
| 1985 | #1,242 | 59 |
| 1984 | #1,320 | 50 |
| 1983 | #1,222 | 56 |
| 1982 | #1,164 | 62 |
| 1981 | #1,133 | 65 |
| 1980 | #1,111 | 66 |
| 1979 | #1,177 | 59 |
| 1978 | #1,258 | 51 |
| 1977 | #1,707 | 31 |
| 1976 | #1,469 | 37 |
| 1975 | #1,361 | 41 |
| 1974 | #1,983 | 22 |
| 1973 | #1,736 | 26 |
| 1972 | #1,603 | 29 |
| 1971 | #1,415 | 36 |
| 1970 | #1,297 | 41 |
| 1969 | #1,168 | 45 |
| 1968 | #1,314 | 34 |
| 1967 | #1,287 | 34 |
| 1966 | #1,401 | 30 |
| 1965 | #1,271 | 36 |
| 1964 | #1,350 | 34 |
| 1963 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1962 | #1,311 | 35 |
| 1961 | #1,279 | 38 |
| 1960 | #1,434 | 31 |
| 1959 | #1,759 | 21 |
| 1958 | #1,396 | 31 |
| 1957 | #1,583 | 25 |
| 1956 | #1,257 | 37 |
| 1955 | #1,370 | 31 |
| 1954 | #1,169 | 41 |
| 1953 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1952 | #1,136 | 42 |
| 1951 | #1,242 | 35 |
| 1950 | #1,052 | 45 |
| 1949 | #1,275 | 32 |
| 1948 | #1,063 | 44 |
| 1947 | #1,014 | 50 |
| 1946 | #1,176 | 35 |
| 1945 | #1,016 | 39 |
| 1944 | #1,055 | 39 |
| 1943 | #1,240 | 31 |
| 1942 | #1,054 | 41 |
| 1941 | #1,066 | 37 |
| 1940 | #1,156 | 33 |
| 1939 | #1,168 | 31 |
| 1938 | #1,149 | 32 |
| 1937 | #1,031 | 38 |
| 1936 | #1,051 | 37 |
| 1935 | #1,247 | 29 |
| 1934 | #1,024 | 40 |
| 1933 | #905 | 47 |
| 1932 | #1,286 | 28 |
| 1931 | #831 | 57 |
| 1930 | #976 | 48 |
| 1929 | #923 | 53 |
| 1928 | #1,003 | 47 |
| 1927 | #964 | 52 |
| 1926 | #803 | 67 |
| 1925 | #822 | 65 |
| 1924 | #752 | 78 |
| 1923 | #860 | 62 |
| 1922 | #840 | 66 |
| 1921 | #780 | 74 |
| 1920 | #877 | 61 |
| 1919 | #716 | 78 |
| 1918 | #782 | 69 |
| 1917 | #680 | 78 |
| 1916 | #680 | 76 |
| 1915 | #725 | 67 |
| 1914 | #622 | 66 |
| 1913 | #720 | 41 |
| 1912 | #608 | 45 |
| 1911 | #624 | 24 |
| 1910 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #452 | 29 |
| 1907 | #815 | 11 |
| 1906 | #709 | 12 |
| 1905 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #527 | 17 |
| 1902 | #615 | 13 |
| 1901 | #559 | 13 |
| 1900 | #555 | 19 |
| 1899 | #502 | 15 |
| 1898 | #663 | 11 |
| 1897 | #584 | 13 |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | #529 | 15 |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #476 | 14 |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #434 | 18 |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #544 | 11 |
| 1886 | #431 | 17 |
| 1885 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | #433 | 18 |
| 1883 | #346 | 23 |
| 1882 | #469 | 15 |
| 1881 | #442 | 15 |
| 1880 | #425 | 17 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hamilton was already there! It came in at #425, and was given to 17 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Hamilton is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#627 · 1 in 3,850
- North Carolina#824 · 1 in 6,497
- Georgia#841 · 1 in 5,975
- Virginia#969 · 1 in 8,323
- Illinois#1,050 · 1 in 9,167
Best ever in a state: #136 in Maryland, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #627 | 6 | 1 in 3,850 |
| North Carolina | #824 | 8 | 1 in 6,497 |
| Georgia | #841 | 9 | 1 in 5,975 |
| Virginia | #969 | 5 | 1 in 8,323 |
| Illinois | #1,050 | 7 | 1 in 9,167 |
| California | #1,561 | 11 | 1 in 20,335 |
| Texas | #1,631 | 9 | 1 in 20,580 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Hamilton
- 491 spots since 2024 (#2,637 → #3,128)
- 762 spots since 2020 (#2,366 → #3,128)
- 1,361 spots since 2015 (#1,767 → #3,128)
- Biggest jump: 483 spots in 1889 (#917 → #434)
- Biggest drop: 499 spots in 1909 (#452 → #951)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #346 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1880–1927
- Highest: 1 in 4,549 boys born in 1883 were named Hamilton (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 44,949 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 12.2% of all boys named Hamilton (793) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 148 | #346 (1883) | #514 |
| 1890s | 103 | #476 (1891) | #702 |
| 1900s | 144 | #452 (1908) | #673 |
| 1910s | 557 | #608 (1912) | #702 |
| 1920s | 625 | #752 (1924) | #862 |
| 1930s | 387 | #831 (1931) | #1,067 |
| 1940s | 381 | #1,014 (1947) | #1,112 |
| 1950s | 338 | #1,052 (1950) | #1,334 |
| 1960s | 352 | #1,168 (1969) | #1,313 |
| 1970s | 373 | #1,177 (1979) | #1,501 |
| 1980s | 615 | #1,096 (1987) | #1,230 |
| 1990s | 691 | #1,218 (1994) | #1,446 |
| 2000s | 677 | #1,543 (2001) | #1,890 |
| 2010s | 793 | #1,628 (2016) | #1,874 |
| 2020s | 333 | #2,026 (2021) | #2,500 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hamilton in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 19,365 of them was named Hamilton, which outranked 88.5% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,618Koby99
- #1,618Linden99
- #1,618Luther99
- #1,628Hamilton98
- #1,628Abdullahi98
- #1,628Arnold98
- #1,628Jerimiah98
- #1,641Ambrose97
- #1,641Aspen97
- #1,641Braxten97
Tied with 12 names at #1,628; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.