Hukam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HUK-am
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,286 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Hukam is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “divine command, God's will”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Hukam mean?
Arabic: Punjabi word, from Arabic hukm
“divine command, God's will”
In Sikh teaching hukam is the divine order or will of God that governs all creation.
Is Hukam a girl's or a boy's name?
Hukam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hukam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,286th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 378% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Hukam, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Hukam of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Hukam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 27% of the babies named Hukam in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales.
Hukam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
How popular is Hukam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,657th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 880% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Hukam, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. It first appears in the records in 2018.
2025 had the most boys named Hukam of any year since it first appeared, in 2018.
Half of all the boys named Hukam in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hukam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
Names like Hukam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Arham, Amir, Hakeem, Musa, Zayd, Umar, Zayaan, Huzaifa, Zayan, Mustafa, Hamza
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, “Hukam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hukam, updated 20 October 2026.