Hamilton
- Gender
- Boy
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,127 for boys
Hamilton is a boys' name, meaning “blunt, flat-topped”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).
What does Hamilton mean?
“blunt, flat-topped”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Hamilton a girl's or a boy's name?
Hamilton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 38 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hamilton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Hamilton, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hamilton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Hamilton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 2 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Hamilton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,127among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 45,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Hamilton, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,365th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 98 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Hamilton than any year since 1977.
Half of all the boys named Hamilton in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hamilton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,127 |
| 2024 | 50 | #2,637 |
| 2023 | 48 | #2,692 |
| 2022 | 68 | #2,149 |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,025 |
| 2020 | 56 | #2,365 |
| 2019 | 81 | #1,849 |
| 2018 | 80 | #1,871 |
| 2017 | 83 | #1,809 |
| 2016 | 98 | #1,628 |
| 2015 | 86 | #1,767 |
| 2014 | 93 | #1,657 |
| 2013 | 86 | #1,708 |
| 2012 | 56 | #2,291 |
| 2011 | 71 | #1,946 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,211 |
| 2009 | 78 | #1,860 |
| 2008 | 92 | #1,665 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 75 | #1,823 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,077 |
| 2004 | 64 | #1,907 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,027 |
| 2002 | 55 | #1,994 |
| 2001 | 78 | #1,539 |
| 2000 | 57 | #1,844 |
| 1999 | 63 | #1,668 |
| 1998 | 66 | #1,582 |
| 1997 | 67 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 70 | #1,452 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,425 |
| 1994 | 89 | #1,214 |
| 1993 | 67 | #1,415 |
| 1992 | 68 | #1,366 |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,308 |
| 1990 | 59 | #1,459 |
| 1989 | 66 | #1,344 |
| 1988 | 59 | #1,337 |
| 1987 | 77 | #1,095 |
| 1986 | 55 | #1,319 |
| 1985 | 59 | #1,241 |
| 1984 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,222 |
| 1982 | 62 | #1,163 |
| 1981 | 65 | #1,133 |
| 1980 | 66 | #1,111 |
| 1979 | 59 | #1,177 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,258 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,707 |
| 1976 | 37 | #1,469 |
| 1975 | 41 | #1,361 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 36 | #1,415 |
| 1970 | 41 | #1,296 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,168 |
| 1968 | 34 | #1,314 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,286 |
| 1966 | 30 | #1,400 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1964 | 34 | #1,349 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,317 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,310 |
| 1961 | 38 | #1,278 |
| 1960 | 31 | #1,433 |
| 1959 | 21 | #1,758 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,395 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,582 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,256 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,369 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,168 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,135 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,241 |
| 1950 | 45 | #1,051 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,274 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,062 |
| 1947 | 50 | #1,013 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,175 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,055 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,240 |
| 1942 | 41 | #1,054 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,066 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,156 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,168 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,031 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,051 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,247 |
| 1934 | 40 | #1,024 |
| 1933 | 47 | #905 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,286 |
| 1931 | 57 | #831 |
| 1930 | 48 | #976 |
| 1929 | 53 | #923 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,003 |
| 1927 | 52 | #964 |
| 1926 | 67 | #803 |
| 1925 | 65 | #822 |
| 1924 | 78 | #752 |
| 1923 | 62 | #860 |
| 1922 | 66 | #840 |
| 1921 | 74 | #780 |
| 1920 | 61 | #877 |
| 1919 | 78 | #716 |
| 1918 | 69 | #782 |
| 1917 | 78 | #680 |
| 1916 | 76 | #680 |
| 1915 | 67 | #725 |
| 1914 | 66 | #622 |
| 1913 | 41 | #720 |
| 1912 | 45 | #608 |
| 1911 | 24 | #624 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 10 | #951 |
| 1908 | 29 | #452 |
| 1907 | 11 | #814 |
| 1906 | 12 | #709 |
| 1905 | 11 | #741 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 17 | #527 |
| 1902 | 13 | #614 |
| 1901 | 13 | #559 |
| 1900 | 19 | #555 |
| 1899 | 15 | #502 |
| 1898 | 11 | #662 |
| 1897 | 13 | #584 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 15 | #529 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 14 | #476 |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 18 | #434 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 11 | #544 |
| 1886 | 17 | #431 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 18 | #433 |
| 1883 | 23 | #346 |
| 1882 | 15 | #469 |
| 1881 | 15 | #442 |
| 1880 | 17 | #425 |
Names like Hamilton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hamilton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hamilton, updated 20 October 2026.