Hamza
#541 for boys in 2025, 556 births
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 565 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,573since 1977
Hamza over time
Rank among boys' names. Hamza has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #541 | 556 |
| 2024 | #527 | 565 |
| 2023 | #557 | 524 |
| 2022 | #604 | 466 |
| 2021 | #648 | 426 |
| 2020 | #659 | 398 |
| 2019 | #652 | 409 |
| 2018 | #610 | 440 |
| 2017 | #634 | 409 |
| 2016 | #569 | 493 |
| 2015 | #616 | 435 |
| 2014 | #621 | 426 |
| 2013 | #657 | 369 |
| 2012 | #662 | 357 |
| 2011 | #764 | 293 |
| 2010 | #756 | 297 |
| 2009 | #707 | 338 |
| 2008 | #763 | 291 |
| 2007 | #721 | 318 |
| 2006 | #741 | 288 |
| 2005 | #726 | 279 |
| 2004 | #731 | 258 |
| 2003 | #736 | 246 |
| 2002 | #760 | 227 |
| 2001 | #714 | 246 |
| 2000 | #796 | 203 |
| 1999 | #819 | 186 |
| 1998 | #946 | 149 |
| 1997 | #1,207 | 98 |
| 1996 | #1,206 | 93 |
| 1995 | #1,172 | 97 |
| 1994 | #1,353 | 74 |
| 1993 | #1,969 | 41 |
| 1992 | #1,643 | 53 |
| 1991 | #1,895 | 41 |
| 1990 | #2,255 | 31 |
| 1989 | #2,154 | 32 |
| 1988 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
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| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Hamza! It came in at #5,845, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1979, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Hamza is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#189 · 1 in 752
- New York#327 · 1 in 1,774
- Connecticut#371 · 1 in 2,007
- Illinois#420 · 1 in 2,294
- Virginia#422 · 1 in 2,397
Best ever in a state: #168 in Minnesota, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #189 | 36 | 1 in 752 |
| New York | #327 | 55 | 1 in 1,774 |
| Connecticut | #371 | 7 | 1 in 2,007 |
| Illinois | #420 | 27 | 1 in 2,294 |
| Virginia | #422 | 17 | 1 in 2,397 |
| Michigan | #476 | 17 | 1 in 2,731 |
| New Jersey | #477 | 14 | 1 in 2,918 |
| Massachusetts | #554 | 7 | 1 in 4,117 |
| Iowa | #559 | 5 | 1 in 2,972 |
| Kentucky | #564 | 6 | 1 in 3,606 |
| Washington | #571 | 11 | 1 in 3,232 |
| California | #611 | 49 | 1 in 4,402 |
| Pennsylvania | #613 | 14 | 1 in 4,158 |
| Maryland | #619 | 7 | 1 in 3,787 |
| Texas | #627 | 40 | 1 in 4,404 |
| Ohio | #657 | 13 | 1 in 4,489 |
| Wisconsin | #758 | 5 | 1 in 5,198 |
| Arizona | #774 | 6 | 1 in 5,771 |
| Florida | #787 | 16 | 1 in 6,042 |
| Louisiana | #795 | 5 | 1 in 4,771 |
| Missouri | #840 | 5 | 1 in 6,121 |
| North Carolina | #857 | 8 | 1 in 6,416 |
| Georgia | #925 | 8 | 1 in 6,711 |
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See more about Hamza
- 14 spots since 2024 (#527 → #541)
- 118 spots since 2020 (#659 → #541)
- 75 spots since 2015 (#616 → #541)
- Biggest jump: 261 spots in 1998 (#1,207 → #946)
- Biggest drop: 65 spots in 2017 (#569 → #634)
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 2024 at #527 (565 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,049 boys born in 2024 were named Hamza (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,072 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 37.2% of all boys named Hamza (3,928) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 | #5,845 (1977) | #5,951 |
| 1980s | 143 | #2,154 (1989) | #3,598 |
| 1990s | 863 | #819 (1999) | #1,447 |
| 2000s | 2,694 | #707 (2009) | #740 |
| 2010s | 3,928 | #569 (2016) | #654 |
| 2020s | 2,935 | #527 (2024) | #589 |
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.
Hamza in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 4,526 of them was named Hamza, which outranked 95.6% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).