How Many People Are Named Hisham?
people named Hisham are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 378,080 people in the US has this name
Based on 926 babies named Hisham in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
39 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "generous" in Arabic, ultimately from hashama "to crush". The meaning derives from the traditional Arab act of crushing bread into crumbs in order to share it. This was the name of an 8th-century caliph of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hisham in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hisham alive today is about 20 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hisham first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 2016, to 39 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hisham has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,023, in 2016. In 2025 it ranked #4,307.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,307 |
| Best rank | #3,023 (2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,055 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hisham alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hisham were born in California than in any other state: about 45 of those alive today.
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