Hamilton
#1,487 most common boys' name of all time · #3,599 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#1,487
Rank overall
#3,599 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
6,517
Since 2016
675
Peak year
2016 #1,629
Best rank
#355 1883
Girls
Boys
peak 98/yr
Hamilton is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,129 |
| 2024 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,640 |
| 2023 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,693 |
| 2022 | — | 68 | 68 | #2,150 |
| 2021 | — | 73 | 73 | #2,027 |
| 2020 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,367 |
| 2019 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,851 |
| 2018 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,872 |
| 2017 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,809 |
| 2016 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,629 |
| 2015 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,767 |
| 2014 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,657 |
| 2013 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,709 |
| 2012 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,293 |
| 2011 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,947 |
| 2010 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,213 |
| 2009 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,861 |
| 2008 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,666 |
| 2007 | — | 63 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,824 |
| 2005 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,082 |
| 2004 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,914 |
| 2003 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,031 |
| 2002 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,000 |
| 2001 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,544 |
| 2000 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,848 |
| 1999 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,672 |
| 1998 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,587 |
| 1997 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,535 |
| 1996 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,456 |
| 1995 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,430 |
| 1994 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,218 |
| 1993 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,420 |
| 1992 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,373 |
| 1991 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,315 |
| 1990 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,465 |
| 1989 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,350 |
| 1988 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,341 |
| 1987 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,097 |
| 1986 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,320 |
| 1985 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,242 |
| 1984 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,322 |
| 1983 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,225 |
| 1982 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,165 |
| 1981 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,133 |
| 1980 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,112 |
| 1979 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,179 |
| 1978 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,260 |
| 1977 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,710 |
| 1976 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,471 |
| 1975 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,362 |
| 1974 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,987 |
| 1973 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,740 |
| 1972 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,607 |
| 1971 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,419 |
| 1970 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,298 |
| 1969 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,170 |
| 1968 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,318 |
| 1967 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,291 |
| 1966 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,403 |
| 1965 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,273 |
| 1964 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,353 |
| 1963 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,323 |
| 1962 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,313 |
| 1961 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,284 |
| 1960 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,437 |
| 1959 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,764 |
| 1958 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,399 |
| 1957 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,590 |
| 1956 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,262 |
| 1955 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,372 |
| 1954 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,173 |
| 1953 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,379 |
| 1952 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,139 |
| 1951 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,245 |
| 1950 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,052 |
| 1949 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,277 |
| 1948 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,064 |
| 1947 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,014 |
| 1946 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,179 |
| 1945 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,017 |
| 1944 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,057 |
| 1943 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,242 |
| 1942 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,055 |
| 1941 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,068 |
| 1940 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,160 |
| 1939 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,173 |
| 1938 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,154 |
| 1937 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,037 |
| 1936 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,054 |
| 1935 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,248 |
| 1934 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,025 |
| 1933 | — | 47 | 47 | #908 |
| 1932 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,289 |
| 1931 | — | 57 | 57 | #832 |
| 1930 | — | 48 | 48 | #980 |
| 1929 | — | 53 | 53 | #923 |
| 1928 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,006 |
| 1927 | — | 52 | 52 | #966 |
| 1926 | — | 67 | 67 | #803 |
| 1925 | — | 65 | 65 | #826 |
| 1924 | — | 78 | 78 | #753 |
| 1923 | — | 62 | 62 | #863 |
| 1922 | — | 66 | 66 | #842 |
| 1921 | — | 74 | 74 | #783 |
| 1920 | — | 61 | 61 | #879 |
| 1919 | — | 78 | 78 | #718 |
| 1918 | — | 69 | 69 | #785 |
| 1917 | — | 78 | 78 | #681 |
| 1916 | — | 76 | 76 | #680 |
| 1915 | — | 67 | 67 | #726 |
| 1914 | — | 66 | 66 | #624 |
| 1913 | — | 41 | 41 | #726 |
| 1912 | — | 45 | 45 | #609 |
| 1911 | — | 24 | 24 | #629 |
| 1910 | — | 13 | 13 | #876 |
| 1909 | — | 10 | 10 | #961 |
| 1908 | — | 29 | 29 | #458 |
| 1907 | — | 11 | 11 | #832 |
| 1906 | — | 12 | 12 | #719 |
| 1905 | — | 11 | 11 | #753 |
| 1904 | — | 9 | 9 | #823 |
| 1903 | — | 17 | 17 | #535 |
| 1902 | — | 13 | 13 | #627 |
| 1901 | — | 13 | 13 | #572 |
| 1900 | — | 19 | 19 | #563 |
| 1899 | — | 15 | 15 | #508 |
| 1898 | — | 11 | 11 | #668 |
| 1897 | — | 13 | 13 | #595 |
| 1896 | — | 7 | 7 | #909 |
| 1895 | — | 15 | 15 | #541 |
| 1894 | — | 7 | 7 | #876 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | #923 |
| 1892 | — | 7 | 7 | #877 |
| 1891 | — | 14 | 14 | #486 |
| 1890 | — | 8 | 8 | #755 |
| 1889 | — | 18 | 18 | #437 |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | #927 |
| 1887 | — | 11 | 11 | #552 |
| 1886 | — | 17 | 17 | #436 |
| 1885 | — | 8 | 8 | #708 |
| 1884 | — | 18 | 18 | #439 |
| 1883 | — | 23 | 23 | #355 |
| 1882 | — | 15 | 15 | #478 |
| 1881 | — | 15 | 15 | #448 |
| 1880 | — | 17 | 17 | #433 |