Hamilton

#3,128 for boys in 2025, 38 births

Peak · boys
1883 · 23 births
Debut · boys
17 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,517
since 1880

Hamilton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hamilton has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #346, 1883boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,12838
2024#2,63750
2023#2,69348
2022#2,15068
2021#2,02673
2020#2,36656
2019#1,84981
2018#1,87280
2017#1,80983
2016#1,62898
2015#1,76786
2014#1,65793
2013#1,70986
2012#2,29256
2011#1,94771
2010#2,21259
2009#1,86178
2008#1,66592
2007#2,13963
2006#1,82375
2005#2,08159
2004#1,91164
2003#2,03156
2002#1,99855
2001#1,54378
2000#1,84857
1999#1,67163
1998#1,58566
1997#1,53567
1996#1,45470
1995#1,43069
1994#1,21889
1993#1,42067
1992#1,37168
1991#1,31473
1990#1,46459
1989#1,34966
1988#1,34159
1987#1,09677
1986#1,32055
1985#1,24259
1984#1,32050
1983#1,22256
1982#1,16462
1981#1,13365
1980#1,11166
1979#1,17759
1978#1,25851
1977#1,70731
1976#1,46937
1975#1,36141
1974#1,98322
1973#1,73626
1972#1,60329
1971#1,41536
1970#1,29741
1969#1,16845
1968#1,31434
1967#1,28734
1966#1,40130
1965#1,27136
1964#1,35034
1963#1,31835
1962#1,31135
1961#1,27938
1960#1,43431
1959#1,75921
1958#1,39631
1957#1,58325
1956#1,25737
1955#1,37031
1954#1,16941
1953#1,37830
1952#1,13642
1951#1,24235
1950#1,05245
1949#1,27532
1948#1,06344
1947#1,01450
1946#1,17635
1945#1,01639
1944#1,05539
1943#1,24031
1942#1,05441
1941#1,06637
1940#1,15633
1939#1,16831
1938#1,14932
1937#1,03138
1936#1,05137
1935#1,24729
1934#1,02440
1933#90547
1932#1,28628
1931#83157
1930#97648
1929#92353
1928#1,00347
1927#96452
1926#80367
1925#82265
1924#75278
1923#86062
1922#84066
1921#78074
1920#87761
1919#71678
1918#78269
1917#68078
1916#68076
1915#72567
1914#62266
1913#72041
1912#60845
1911#62424
1910#85913
1909#95110
1908#45229
1907#81511
1906#70912
1905#74111
1904#8109
1903#52717
1902#61513
1901#55913
1900#55519
1899#50215
1898#66311
1897#58413
1896#9007
1895#52915
1894#8577
1893#9076
1892#8617
1891#47614
1890#7398
1889#43418
1888#9176
1887#54411
1886#43117
1885#7008
1884#43318
1883#34623
1882#46915
1881#44215
1880#42517
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about Hamilton
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #346 (23 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1880–1927
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,549
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 12.2% of all boys named Hamilton (793) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s148#346 (1883)#514
1890s103#476 (1891)#702
1900s144#452 (1908)#673
1910s557#608 (1912)#702
1920s625#752 (1924)#862
1930s387#831 (1931)#1,067
1940s381#1,014 (1947)#1,112
1950s338#1,052 (1950)#1,334
1960s352#1,168 (1969)#1,313
1970s373#1,177 (1979)#1,501
1980s615#1,096 (1987)#1,230
1990s691#1,218 (1994)#1,446
2000s677#1,543 (2001)#1,890
2010s793#1,628 (2016)#1,874
2020s333#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 1914

boys
#622
66 births · 1 in 9,921 boys

Top boys' names in 1914

  1. #1John37,947
  2. #2William29,753
  3. #3James26,262
  4. #4Robert21,188
  5. #5Joseph18,829
  6. #6George17,602
  7. #7Charles16,937
  8. #8Edward12,319
  9. #9Frank12,002
  10. #10Walter8,962
  11. #622Hamilton66
More about 1914

boys

654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 9,921 of them was named Hamilton, which outranked 83.5% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hamilton
  1. #616Dorsey67
  2. #616Santo67
  3. #616Seth67
  4. #622Hamilton66
  5. #622Allie66
  6. #622Dalton66
  7. #622Dee66
  8. #629Logan65
  9. #629Oran65
  10. #629Roderick65

Tied with 6 names at #622; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 817Gilmore#1,803#986
  2. 647Santos#1,580#933
  3. 546Lorenza#1,365#819
  4. 534Bobby#1,441#907
  5. 534Gino#1,441#907
Fallers
  1. 918Bernardo#950#1,868
  2. 692Eston#995#1,687
  3. 692Rolf#995#1,687
  4. 613Orson#995#1,608
  5. 458West#930#1,388

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1914