# Humza (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/humza/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hamza, Hamzah, Hamzeh, Humzah |
| US babies named this | 1,328 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,328 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 946, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Urdu حمزہ (hamza), from Arabic حمزة (hamza).

## 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 | 45 | 2,681 |
| 2012 | 40 | 2,921 |
| 2013 | 36 | 3,083 |
| 2014 | 38 | 3,005 |
| 2015 | 29 | 3,729 |
| 2016 | 35 | 3,252 |
| 2017 | 26 | 4,030 |
| 2018 | 29 | 3,741 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,071 |
| 2020 | 44 | 2,775 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,210 |
| 2022 | 37 | 3,240 |
| 2023 | 28 | 3,932 |
| 2024 | 26 | 4,120 |
| 2025 | 30 | 3,691 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 743 |
| 2012 | 34 | 885 |
| 2013 | 24 | 1,086 |
| 2014 | 32 | 916 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,050 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,189 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,273 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,207 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 14 | 1,798 |

## 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.