How rare is the name Hamid?

5,602 people in the United States have the first name Hamid, about 1 in 53,915. It ranks #3,643 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HAMID

#3,643

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,602
About
1 in 53,915
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,602 people named Hamid, 62.1% reported their origin as White, 16.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 10.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hamid peaked in 2021, when 28 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
28
In 2025*
17 ▼39%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 928 babies have been given the name since 1966. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Hamid by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #7,052. The largest share of babies named Hamid, 32%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#9,12784
1980s#7,052171
1990s#9,299163
2000s#10,420191
2010s#10,702198
2020s#10,568116
Generation X 1965–8011.3%
Millennials 1981–9629.1%
Generation Z 1997–1232%
2013 and later27.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Hamid

#3,641 Alexandro · 5,603#3,641 Charleigh · 5,603#3,644 Jerrold · 5,598#3,644 Kaela · 5,598

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hamid, most common first.

#8,232 Hamed · 1,770#9,934 Hamida · 1,368#15,188 Hamad · 761#52,605 Hamide · 106

Also a last name

As a last name, Hamid ranks #7,217 of 156,621, with 4,459 people. See Hamid as a last name

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