Hesham — #7873 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hesham

The Social Security Administration has registered 416 babies named Hesham between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hesham currently holds the #7873 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hesham performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Hesham shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hesham in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hesham 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 416 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.