Hamilton
About Hamilton
Unless it runs in your family, or Alexander Hamilton is your particular hero, you might consider something less imposing -- and without the teasable nickname Ham. Scottish curler Hamilton McMillan Jr pulls it off though, with nickname Hammy.
Pronounced HAM-ul-tun.
As of October 2026, Hamilton ranked #3152 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #347 in 1883.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,660 | 93 | 48.4 |
| 2015 | #1,770 | 86 | 44.9 |
| 2016 | #1,630 | 98 | 51.6 |
| 2017 | #1,813 | 83 | 44.8 |
| 2018 | #1,878 | 80 | 44 |
| 2019 | #1,853 | 81 | 45.1 |
| 2020 | #2,373 | 56 | 32.4 |
| 2021 | #2,029 | 73 | 41.7 |
| 2022 | #2,153 | 68 | 38.9 |
| 2023 | #2,707 | 48 | 28.1 |
| 2024 | #2,640 | 50 | 29 |
| 2025 | #3,152 | 38 | 22.2 |
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Hamilton.
- Freddy
- Reggie
- O'Brien
- Wally
- Ernie
- Hammett
- Soloman
- Marty
- Jed
- Ted
- Sid
- Golding
- Todd
- Willie
- Des
- Gene
- Irwin
- Leroy
- Glen
- Cassidy
Hamilton on lists
Famous Hamiltons
- Hamilton Masakadza
Zimbabwean cricketer
- Hamilton Fish
26th US Secretary of State
- Hamilton Camp
English,American singer, songwriter, actor and voice actor
- Hamilton Othanel Smith
American microbiologist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Hamilton Luton Luske
American Disney animator and film director
- Hamilton Green
4th Prime Minister of Guyana
- (Hamilton) Lavity Stoutt
Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands
- Hamilton Frederick Bohannon
American disco bandleader
- (Hamilton) Nash Grier
American YouTuber
- (Herbert) Hamilton Harty
Irish composer
- (William) Hamilton McWhorter Jordan
8th White House Chief of Staff
- Hámilton Ricard
Colombian footballer
- Hamilton Sabot
French gymnast
- James Hamilton McDonough
son of actor Neal McDonough
- Alexander Hamilton
U.S. Revolutionary hero and first United States Secretary of the Treasury
- Lewis Hamilton
British racing driver, currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes
Hamilton in pop culture
- "Hamilton: An American Musical
" a hit Broadway musical, about Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, written by Lin Manuel Miranda
- Hamilton
pig character from the kids show "Maggie and the Ferocious Beast"
- Hamilton Holt
character in the "39 Clues" series
- Hamilton Hill
character in DC Universe
- Charles Hamilton
character in "Gone with the Wind"
- "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton
" film
- Hamilton
city in New Zealand
- Hamilton Township
New Jersey