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Hamilton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 38 in 2025. Its best rank was #347 in 1883.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #347 in 1883; #3,152 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Hamilton in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,152 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1883, at #347.
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Hamilton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 38 boys in 2025. Peak: #347 in 1883 · most boys in one year: 98 (2016).
In 2025, 38 US boys were named Hamilton, making it the 3,152nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 505 places from #2,647 in 2024. That is 12 fewer than the 50 boys named Hamilton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #347, reached in 1883. The most boys given the name in a single year was 98, in 2016. For comparison, it was #1,771 in 2015 and #1,055 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Hamilton in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 17 babies with the name. In all, 6,517 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 793 babies named Hamilton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 675 US boys were named Hamilton; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 98. In 2025 that was about 1 in 44,949 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
The open nickname list we use links it to Ham.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 38 | #3,152 |
| 2024 | — | — | 50 | #2,647 |
| 2023 | — | — | 48 | #2,709 |
| 2022 | — | — | 68 | #2,155 |
| 2021 | — | — | 73 | #2,031 |
| 2020 | — | — | 56 | #2,373 |
| 2019 | — | — | 81 | #1,854 |
| 2018 | — | — | 80 | #1,878 |
| 2017 | — | — | 83 | #1,814 |
| 2016 | — | — | 98 | #1,630 |
| 2015 | — | — | 86 | #1,771 |
| 2014 | — | — | 93 | #1,660 |
| 2013 | — | — | 86 | #1,718 |
| 2012 | — | — | 56 | #2,308 |
| 2011 | — | — | 71 | #1,953 |
| 2010 | — | — | 59 | #2,219 |
| 2009 | — | — | 78 | #1,868 |
| 2008 | — | — | 92 | #1,670 |
| 2007 | — | — | 63 | #2,146 |
| 2006 | — | — | 75 | #1,829 |
| 2005 | — | — | 59 | #2,091 |
| 2004 | — | — | 64 | #1,918 |
| 2003 | — | — | 56 | #2,038 |
| 2002 | — | — | 55 | #2,006 |
| 2001 | — | — | 78 | #1,552 |
| 2000 | — | — | 57 | #1,860 |
| 1999 | — | — | 63 | #1,676 |
| 1998 | — | — | 66 | #1,588 |
| 1997 | — | — | 67 | #1,540 |
| 1996 | — | — | 70 | #1,458 |
| 1995 | — | — | 69 | #1,439 |
| 1994 | — | — | 89 | #1,224 |
| 1993 | — | — | 67 | #1,425 |
| 1992 | — | — | 68 | #1,376 |
| 1991 | — | — | 73 | #1,317 |
| 1990 | — | — | 59 | #1,475 |
| 1989 | — | — | 66 | #1,353 |
| 1988 | — | — | 59 | #1,346 |
| 1987 | — | — | 77 | #1,099 |
| 1986 | — | — | 55 | #1,327 |
| 1985 | — | — | 59 | #1,248 |
| 1984 | — | — | 50 | #1,332 |
| 1983 | — | — | 56 | #1,225 |
| 1982 | — | — | 62 | #1,167 |
| 1981 | — | — | 65 | #1,139 |
| 1980 | — | — | 66 | #1,115 |
| 1979 | — | — | 59 | #1,181 |
| 1978 | — | — | 51 | #1,263 |
| 1977 | — | — | 31 | #1,720 |
| 1976 | — | — | 37 | #1,479 |
| 1975 | — | — | 41 | #1,364 |
| 1974 | — | — | 22 | #2,012 |
| 1973 | — | — | 26 | #1,750 |
| 1972 | — | — | 29 | #1,617 |
| 1971 | — | — | 36 | #1,426 |
| 1970 | — | — | 41 | #1,305 |
| 1969 | — | — | 45 | #1,174 |
| 1968 | — | — | 34 | #1,327 |
| 1967 | — | — | 34 | #1,297 |
| 1966 | — | — | 30 | #1,409 |
| 1965 | — | — | 36 | #1,283 |
| 1964 | — | — | 34 | #1,359 |
| 1963 | — | — | 35 | #1,331 |
| 1962 | — | — | 35 | #1,323 |
| 1961 | — | — | 38 | #1,287 |
| 1960 | — | — | 31 | #1,447 |
| 1959 | — | — | 21 | #1,780 |
| 1958 | — | — | 31 | #1,408 |
| 1957 | — | — | 25 | #1,599 |
| 1956 | — | — | 37 | #1,268 |
| 1955 | — | — | 31 | #1,385 |
| 1954 | — | — | 41 | #1,174 |
| 1953 | — | — | 30 | #1,391 |
| 1952 | — | — | 42 | #1,139 |
| 1951 | — | — | 35 | #1,250 |
| 1950 | — | — | 45 | #1,055 |
| 1949 | — | — | 32 | #1,287 |
| 1948 | — | — | 44 | #1,066 |
| 1947 | — | — | 50 | #1,017 |
| 1946 | — | — | 35 | #1,183 |
| 1945 | — | — | 39 | #1,023 |
| 1944 | — | — | 39 | #1,062 |
| 1943 | — | — | 31 | #1,245 |
| 1942 | — | — | 41 | #1,066 |
| 1941 | — | — | 37 | #1,075 |
| 1940 | — | — | 33 | #1,167 |
| 1939 | — | — | 31 | #1,177 |
| 1938 | — | — | 32 | #1,154 |
| 1937 | — | — | 38 | #1,040 |
| 1936 | — | — | 37 | #1,058 |
| 1935 | — | — | 29 | #1,260 |
| 1934 | — | — | 40 | #1,030 |
| 1933 | — | — | 47 | #912 |
| 1932 | — | — | 28 | #1,303 |
| 1931 | — | — | 57 | #833 |
| 1930 | — | — | 48 | #986 |
| 1929 | — | — | 53 | #925 |
| 1928 | — | — | 47 | #1,011 |
| 1927 | — | — | 52 | #968 |
| 1926 | — | — | 67 | #807 |
| 1925 | — | — | 65 | #826 |
| 1924 | — | — | 78 | #756 |
| 1923 | — | — | 62 | #862 |
| 1922 | — | — | 66 | #845 |
| 1921 | — | — | 74 | #783 |
| 1920 | — | — | 61 | #881 |
| 1919 | — | — | 78 | #719 |
| 1918 | — | — | 69 | #785 |
| 1917 | — | — | 78 | #682 |
| 1916 | — | — | 76 | #683 |
| 1915 | — | — | 67 | #725 |
| 1914 | — | — | 66 | #626 |
| 1913 | — | — | 41 | #726 |
| 1912 | — | — | 45 | #618 |
| 1911 | — | — | 24 | #632 |
| 1910 | — | — | 13 | #897 |
| 1909 | — | — | 10 | #977 |
| 1908 | — | — | 29 | #458 |
| 1907 | — | — | 11 | #838 |
| 1906 | — | — | 12 | #727 |
| 1905 | — | — | 11 | #764 |
| 1904 | — | — | 9 | #837 |
| 1903 | — | — | 17 | #537 |
| 1902 | — | — | 13 | #625 |
| 1901 | — | — | 13 | #573 |
| 1900 | — | — | 19 | #566 |
| 1899 | — | — | 15 | #509 |
| 1898 | — | — | 11 | #680 |
| 1897 | — | — | 13 | #594 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #931 |
| 1895 | — | — | 15 | #539 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #902 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #956 |
| 1892 | — | — | 7 | #896 |
| 1891 | — | — | 14 | #485 |
| 1890 | — | — | 8 | #776 |
| 1889 | — | — | 18 | #436 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #968 |
| 1887 | — | — | 11 | #563 |
| 1886 | — | — | 17 | #439 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #731 |
| 1884 | — | — | 18 | #440 |
| 1883 | — | — | 23 | #347 |
| 1882 | — | — | 15 | #479 |
| 1881 | — | — | 15 | #449 |
| 1880 | — | — | 17 | #432 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).