How rare is the name Hamza?

9,536 people in the United States have the first name Hamza, about 1 in 31,673. It ranks #2,542 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HAMZA

#2,542

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,536
About
1 in 31,673
This common or more
80.1%
Who bears it

Of the 9,536 people named Hamza, 37.4% reported their origin as White, 34.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 21.5% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hamza peaked in 2024, when 565 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19772025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
565
In 2025*
556 ▼2%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 10,573 babies have been given the name since 1977. 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.

Hamza by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,190. The largest share of babies named Hamza, 56%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#21,07710
1980s#7,923143
1990s#2,941863
2000s#1,6412,694
2010s#1,3633,928
2020s#1,1902,935
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–965.4%
Generation Z 1997–1238.5%
2013 and later56%

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 Hamza is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hamza has been most common in Minnesota (4.3×), Virginia (2.5×), and New Jersey (2.2×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.21×).

9,098 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.

Either side of Hamza

#2,540 Katarina · 9,543#2,541 Margarito · 9,541#2,543 Ming · 9,534#2,544 Santana · 9,527

Spelled almost the same

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

#9,463 Hamzah · 1,466#22,276 Hamsa · 448

Also a last name

As a last name, Hamza ranks #15,667 of 156,621, with 1,795 people. See Hamza as a last name

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