Himmat

Himmat was the #3,583 boys' name in the US in 2025 (31 babies), and #658 in England & Wales and #235 in Canada.

Himmat as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Himmat as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Himmat as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#3,583 (31)#658 (55)—#235 (145)
2024#4,701 (21)#1,108 (26)—#404 (80)
2023#4,742 (21)#890 (35)—#488 (57)
2022#4,850 (20)#1,179 (23)—#657 (40)
2021#7,587 (10)#1,595 (15)—#613 (45)
2020#8,067 (9)#1,314 (19)—#639 (40)
2019#7,173 (11)#1,439 (17)#701 (3)#681 (37)
2018#5,770 (15)#1,786 (13)—#628 (41)
2017#7,095 (11)#1,703 (14)—#1,158 (18)
2016—#2,027 (11)—#971 (23)
2015#8,744 (8)#2,319 (9)—#978 (22)
2014#7,562 (10)#1,935 (11)—#1,032 (20)
2013—#1,539 (15)—#944 (23)
2012#10,770 (6)#2,270 (9)—#1,143 (17)
2011—#2,039 (10)—#1,211 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #3,583.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2010.

How common is it?

about 1 in 56,000 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 56,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Himmat is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 45,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 32,000 to 1 in 65,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Himmat by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,197CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Himmat (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#41930

Himmat (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HimmatCanadaGirls#2,4758
HimmatCanadaBoys#235145
HimmatEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
HimmatEngland & WalesBoys#65855
HimmatNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
HimmatScotlandBoys—too few
HimmatUSBoys#3,58331