# Hamad (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hamad/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “praise” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hammad |
| US babies named this | 528 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 528 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 321, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَد (ḥamad), from حَمِدَ (ḥamida, “praise”).

## What it means

Hamad is grouped under famous.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 5,507 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,053 |
| 2013 | 24 | 4,105 |
| 2014 | 33 | 3,326 |
| 2015 | 30 | 3,613 |
| 2016 | 23 | 4,377 |
| 2017 | 24 | 4,262 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,483 |
| 2019 | 24 | 4,267 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,761 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,146 |
| 2022 | 14 | 6,264 |
| 2023 | 22 | 4,649 |
| 2024 | 15 | 6,005 |
| 2025 | 24 | 4,301 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Hamad

- Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar from 1995 to 2013

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.