Hammad
Boy · ha-MAAD · Arabic
Hammad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who praises greatly”. In 2025 it ranked 1,257th for boys in the UK (24 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Hammad mean?
Arabic
“one who praises greatly”
From the Arabic root for praise, which also gives Muhammad, Ahmad and Hamid.
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Is Hammad a girl's or a boy's name?
Hammad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hammad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,257among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were named Hammad, making it the 1,257th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 41 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hammad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 33 boys in the UK were given Hammad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #894, up from #1,257 for this spelling alone.
- Hammad 24
- Hamad 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,196th in England and Wales.
Hammad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,257 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,181 |
| 2021 | 25 | #1,200 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,462 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,195 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,064 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 20 | #1,347 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,070 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,077 |
| 2010 | 29 | #1,047 |
| 2009 | 29 | #1,008 |
| 2008 | 29 | #997 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 41 | #729 |
| 2005 | 30 | #853 |
| 2004 | 36 | #724 |
| 2003 | 34 | #700 |
| 2002 | 37 | #606 |
| 2001 | 22 | #845 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,021 |
| 1999 | 25 | #736 |
| 1998 | 16 | #980 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Hammad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Hammad, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2002, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Hammad in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hammad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Hammad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Fahad Zayd Abdullah Ahad Musa Umar Mustafa Ziyad Huzaifa
Other spellings of Hammad
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