first name
HAMILTON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,608 people named Hamilton, 53.5% reported their origin as White, 18.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 17.3% as Black. 97.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Hamilton peaked in 2016, when 98 babies got the name.
At least 6,517 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Hamilton by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,010. The largest share of babies named Hamilton, 18.5%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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.
Where Hamilton is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hamilton has been most common in Georgia (5.7×), Texas (2.2×), and California (2.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.55×).
1,792 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Exactly as common as Hamilton
2 other first names also have 4,608 people.
Either side of Hamilton
Also a last name
As a last name, Hamilton ranks #122 of 156,621, with 194,450 people. See Hamilton as a last name
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