How Many People Are Named Hamish?
people named Hamish are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 949,402 people in the US has this name
Based on 364 babies named Hamish in Social Security records from 1981 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
25 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of a Sheumais, the vocative case of SEUMAS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hamish in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hamish alive today is about 12 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hamish first appears in the records in 1981 and was given most often in 2017, to 25 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1981 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hamish has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #4,148, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #6,236.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,236 |
| Best rank | #4,148 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,987 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hamish alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hamish were born in California than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.
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