Hesham
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- heh-SHAHM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Hesham is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “generosity”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Hesham mean?
Arabic: Egyptian spelling of Hisham
“generosity”
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik was an Umayyad caliph who ruled from Damascus in the eighth century.
Is Hesham a girl's or a boy's name?
Hesham is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hesham in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Hesham, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2019, with 5 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hesham in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 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 4,212th in England and Wales.
Hesham in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Hesham in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Hesham in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hesham in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Hesham
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Hakeem, Hassan, Ahmed, Raheem, Umar, Amir, Arham, Abdullah, Mustafa, Hashim
Names related to Hesham
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Hesham: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hesham, updated 20 October 2026.