Hammond — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hammond

The Social Security Administration has registered 474 babies named Hammond between 1892 and 2023, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hammond currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hammond performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Hammond shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Hammond in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hammond 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 474 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.