NameTides

Hamish

Hamish was the #6,143 boys' name in the US in 2025 (14 babies), and #484 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Hamish as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Hamish as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Hamish as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#6,143 (14)#484 (80)#62 (74)——#2,789 (6)——
2024#5,904 (15)#422 (95)#69 (73)——#2,439 (7)—#86 (91)
2023#6,517 (13)#447 (89)#61 (82)#395 (3)—#2,921 (5)—#72 (90)
2022#4,570 (22)#453 (89)#85 (66)——#1,895 (9)#83 (104)#56 (111)
2021#4,118 (25)#401 (107)#54 (99)——#1,478 (13)—#68 (103)
2020#5,451 (16)#436 (92)#61 (84)——#1,595 (11)—#87 (84)
2019#7,643 (10)#459 (88)#60 (97)—#402 (9)#1,634 (11)#95 (96)#76 (100)
2018#5,770 (15)#411 (103)#58 (106)——#2,176 (7)#95 (92)#70 (88)
2017#4,105 (25)#443 (95)#63 (101)——#1,510 (12)#73 (125)#58 (110)
2016#7,157 (11)#442 (93)#57 (117)——#2,182 (7)#99 (96)#62 (103)
2015#4,545 (21)#399 (106)#81 (84)——#1,458 (12)#98 (99)#55 (104)
2014#4,702 (20)#475 (83)#91 (77)——#1,936 (8)#87 (116)#69 (89)
2013#7,537 (10)#429 (96)#93 (69)——#1,551 (11)—#70 (95)
2012#5,720 (15)#450 (88)#112 (57)——#1,403 (13)#86 (124)#57 (121)
2011#9,600 (7)#458 (82)#99 (68)——#1,681 (10)#66 (148)#47 (131)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #4,105.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1981.

How common is it?

about 1 in 130,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 130,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 270common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Hamish is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 150,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 110,000 to 1 in 210,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HamishCanadaBoys#2,7896
HamishEngland & WalesBoys#48480
HamishIrelandBoys—too few
HamishNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
HamishNSWBoys—too few
HamishScotlandBoys#6274
HamishUSBoys#6,14314
HamishVICBoys—too few