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How popular is the name Hamish?
Births per year, rank history and how many Hamishes are alive today.
Hamish (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 484th in 2025 with 80 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1998, when 138 babies were given the name, the 222nd most popular that year. Numbers have been stable in recent years. Common short forms of Hamish include Jamie and Jimmy.
The Hamish you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old. Half of all Hamishes born in England and Wales are between 11 and 30, and there are at least 3,800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Hamish.
How many babies are named Hamish each year?
Where does Hamish rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Hamish most popular?
Hamish peaked in 1998, when 138 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Hamish?
At least 3,800 people named Hamish born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Hamish?
Most living Hamishes are between 11 and 30; the most common age is about 29.
Is Hamish becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.