Hamlet — #12378 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hamlet

The Social Security Administration has registered 245 babies named Hamlet between 1911 and 2024, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hamlet currently holds the #12378 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hamlet performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Hamlet shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hamlet in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hamlet 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 245 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.