Hamish
Boy · HAY-mish · Hebrew
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Hamish is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 318th for boys in the UK (154 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Hamish mean?
Hebrew: anglicized form of Gaelic Seumas (James)
“supplanter”
Anglicized form of Sheumais, the Gaelic vocative form of Seumas, the Scottish Gaelic for James.
- Say it
- HAY-mish
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Is Hamish a girl's or a boy's name?
Hamish is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 154 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hamish in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #318among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 154about 1 in 1,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 154 boys in the UK were named Hamish, making it the 318th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 297th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 210 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Hamish than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Hamish in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 484th in England and Wales and 62nd in Scotland.
Hamish in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 154 | #318 |
| 2024 | 168 | #296 |
| 2023 | 174 | #294 |
| 2022 | 155 | #326 |
| 2021 | 206 | #265 |
| 2020 | 176 | #297 |
| 2019 | 185 | #289 |
| 2018 | 209 | #270 |
| 2017 | 196 | #292 |
| 2016 | 210 | #280 |
| 2015 | 190 | #295 |
| 2014 | 160 | #317 |
| 2013 | 165 | #304 |
| 2012 | 145 | #343 |
| 2011 | 150 | #331 |
| 2010 | 135 | #349 |
| 2009 | 165 | #297 |
| 2008 | 150 | #308 |
| 2007 | 158 | #280 |
| 2006 | 157 | #266 |
| 2005 | 146 | #263 |
| 2004 | 161 | #245 |
| 2003 | 149 | #241 |
| 2002 | 152 | #233 |
| 2001 | 150 | #232 |
| 2000 | 160 | #220 |
| 1999 | 172 | #206 |
| 1998 | 202 | #182 |
| 1997 | 192 | #196 |
| 1996 | 209 | #177 |
How popular is Hamish in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Hamish, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Hamish in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hamish in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Hamish
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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