Hamilton — #2629 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hamilton

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,479 babies named Hamilton between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hamilton currently holds the #2629 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 98 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hamilton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 793 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Hamilton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 366 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Hamilton in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hamilton in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6,479 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.