# Hammond (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hammond/  
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 | “home”, “henry” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhæmənd/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 479 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 479 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

A patronymic surname from the Anglo-Norman given name Hamo, Hamon, from Germanic names beginning with a derivative of Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home”), such as descendants of *Haimarīks (“Henry”). The river in New Brunswick is named after British politician and colonial governor Sir Andrew Hamond, 1st Baronet (1738–1828). The civil parish is named after a settlement, named in turn after the river.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 5 | 4,134 |
| 1982 | 5 | 6,721 |
| 1984 | 5 | 6,699 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,678 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,003 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,336 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,924 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,210 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,738 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,178 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,147 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,041 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,406 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,893 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,970 |

## People named Hammond

- Hammond Innes, British writer (1913-1998)
- William Hammond Wright, American astronomer (1871-1959)
- Glenn Curtiss, American aviator and industrialist (1878-1930)

## 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.