Hamlet
Boy · HAM-let · Old Norse
Hamlet is a boys' name of Old Norse origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Hamlet mean?
Old Norse: from Amleth, a hero of Danish legend
Shakespeare's Prince of Denmark is based on Amleth, whose story Saxo Grammaticus recorded around 1200.
- Say it
- HAM-let
Is Hamlet a girl's or a boy's name?
Hamlet is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hamlet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Hamlet, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2019, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
2025 had more boys named Hamlet than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Hamlet in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hamlet in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
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