Hamzah — #2923 US boys' name
1,499 babies named Hamzah in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 79% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Hamzah was born in this single decade.
67 babies were named Hamzah in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hamzah
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,499 babies named Hamzah between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hamzah currently holds the #2923 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 67 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hamzah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 512 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Hamzah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 145 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Hamzah in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hamzah 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 1,499 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.
Hamzah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hamzah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2008)
- 67
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #2923 among boys.
1,499 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 67 births in a single year.
Hamzah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 512 births that decade — 34% of Hamzah's all-time total
Hamzah decade highlights
- Peak decade 512 births
- Runner-up 457 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Hamzah's strongest decade
512 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Hamzah by state
Where Hamzah concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 145 | 9.7% |
| #2 | California | | 141 | 9.4% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 78 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Texas | | 68 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 30 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 25 | 1.7% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 17 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 11 | 0.7% |
145 of 1,499 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 9.7% of nationwide
- California 9.4% of nationwide
- Michigan 5.2% of nationwide
- Texas 4.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 9.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Hamzah appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.