Hisham
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hi-SHAHM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,473 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Hisham is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Hisham mean?
Arabic
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik was the tenth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 724 to 743.
Is Hisham a girl's or a boy's name?
Hisham is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hisham in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,473among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Hisham, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 33 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hisham in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were given Hisham or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,108, up from #1,473 for this spelling alone.
- Hisham 19
- Hishaam 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Hisham in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,311 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,351 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,197 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,476 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,178 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,293 |
| 2010 | 33 | #951 |
| 2009 | 24 | #1,150 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,249 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,008 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,098 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,301 |
| 2003 | 23 | #923 |
| 2002 | 21 | #918 |
| 2001 | 21 | #871 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,113 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Hisham in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Hisham, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Hisham in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hisham in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
Names like Hisham
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Arham Yahya Ahmed Abdullah Hashim Umar Musa Ibrahim Amir Mustafa
Other spellings of Hisham
Names related to Hisham
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa Liyana
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, “Hisham: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hisham, updated 20 October 2026.