The name Hamilton is of English origin, and means fortified castle.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Hamilton has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Hamilton
Use of the Name Hamilton for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
1,727
0
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Hamilton has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Hamilton last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1933, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Hamilton
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
432
17
1881
449
15
1882
479
15
1883
348
23
1884
441
18
1885
732
8
1886
439
17
1887
563
11
1888
969
6
1889
437
18
1890
776
8
1891
485
14
1892
896
7
1893
957
6
1894
902
7
1895
539
15
1896
931
7
1897
594
13
1898
680
11
1899
509
15
1900
567
19
1901
575
13
1902
625
13
1903
537
17
1904
837
9
1905
766
11
1906
727
12
1907
836
11
1908
457
29
1909
976
10
1910
898
13
1911
632
24
1912
620
45
1913
725
41
1914
630
65
1915
726
67
1916
685
76
1917
681
78
1918
788
69
1919
717
78
1920
883
61
1921
777
74
1922
840
66
1923
855
63
1924
767
77
1925
829
65
1926
808
67
1927
964
52
1928
997
48
1929
936
52
1930
996
47
1931
832
57
1932
1933
913
47
Totals:
1,727
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Hamilton as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Hamilton appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 53 times during the last 125 years.