# Hamdan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hamdan/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 406 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 406 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 439, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 10 | 7,694 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,167 |
| 2013 | 18 | 5,043 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,105 |
| 2015 | 19 | 4,943 |
| 2016 | 25 | 4,136 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5,172 |
| 2018 | 18 | 5,170 |
| 2019 | 20 | 4,856 |
| 2020 | 25 | 4,059 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,832 |
| 2022 | 28 | 3,926 |
| 2023 | 41 | 3,024 |
| 2024 | 41 | 3,012 |
| 2025 | 34 | 3,398 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1,706 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,586 |
| 2016 | 18 | 1,431 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,210 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 35 | 845 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,391 |
| 2022 | 32 | 949 |
| 2023 | 39 | 827 |
| 2024 | 50 | 711 |
| 2025 | 46 | 745 |

## People named Hamdan

- Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai
- Hamdan ibn Hamdun, 9th-century Taghlibi Arab chieftain
- Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance (UAE)

## 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.