How Many People Are Named Hamilton?
people named Hamilton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 83,118 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,517 babies named Hamilton in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
98 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from Old English hamel "crooked, mutilated" and dun "hill". The surname was originally taken from the name of a town in Leicestershire, England (which no longer exists). A famous bearer of the surname was Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), a founding father of the United States who was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hamilton in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hamilton alive today is about 33 years old, and 50% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hamilton first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2016, to 98 babies. In 2025, 38 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hamilton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #347, in 1883. In 2025 it ranked #3,151.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,151 |
| Best rank | #347 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,866 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hamilton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hamilton were born in California than in any other state: about 360 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hamilton was given 5.5 times as often in Georgia, 2.2 times in Louisiana and 2 times in New York.
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