# Hamilton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hamilton/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “blunt”, “flat-topped”, “hill” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhæməltən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Hammy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,517 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,517 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 134, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English *Hameldūne, from hamel (“blunt, flat-topped”) + dūne (“hill”). The Scottish surname is from the place in Leicestershire. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Alexander Hamilton featured on it.

## What it means

Hamilton is grouped under mountain.

## 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 | 71 | 1,953 |
| 2012 | 56 | 2,308 |
| 2013 | 86 | 1,718 |
| 2014 | 93 | 1,660 |
| 2015 | 86 | 1,771 |
| 2016 | 98 | 1,630 |
| 2017 | 83 | 1,814 |
| 2018 | 80 | 1,878 |
| 2019 | 81 | 1,854 |
| 2020 | 56 | 2,373 |
| 2021 | 73 | 2,031 |
| 2022 | 68 | 2,155 |
| 2023 | 48 | 2,709 |
| 2024 | 50 | 2,647 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,152 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 哈密爾頓 /哈密尔顿
- Esperanto: Hamiltono
- German: Hamilton
- Japanese: ハミルトン
- Korean: 해밀턴, 해밀턴
- Lithuanian: Hamiltonas
- Russian: Га́мильтон, Ха́мильтон, Хэ́милтон
- Vietnamese: Ha-min-tơn

## People named Hamilton

- Hamilton Smith, American microbiologist (1931–2025)
- Hámilton Ricard, Colombian association football player
- Erskine Hamilton Childers, 4th President of Ireland (1905-1974)
- Hamilton Fish, American politician (1808–1893)
- Hamilton Luske, American film director (1903-1968)
- Hamilton Hume, Australian explorer (1797–1873)
- Hamilton Camp, British actor (1934–2005)
- George Henry Hamilton Tate, American zoologist and botanist (1894-1953)
- Neil Hamilton Fairley, Australian tropical physician and military officer (1891-1966)
- Hamilton Jukes, British ice hockey player (1895–1951)
- Hamilton Sabot, French gymnast
- Hamilton MacFadden, American actor, director and screenwriter (1901-1977)

## 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.