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How popular is the name Hisham?
Births per year, rank history and how many Hishams are alive today.
Hisham (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1406th in 2025 and given to 19 babies. The name peaked in 2010, when 32 babies were given the name, the 897th most popular that year.
The Hisham you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old - or else around 2: the name has two living generations. Half of all Hishams born in England and Wales are between 9 and 24, and there are at least 570 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Hisham - on average, only one in every 532 such rooms contains a Hisham.
How many babies are named Hisham each year?
Where does Hisham 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 Hisham most popular?
Hisham peaked in 2010, when 32 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Hisham?
At least 570 people named Hisham born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Hisham?
Most living Hishams are between 9 and 24; the most common age is about 16. There is a second cluster around 2.
Is Hisham becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.