Hamad vs Hamp
American parents have registered 1,076 Hamps since 1880, against 528 Hamads. But in 2025 it was Hamad that was commoner, 24 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Hamad Hamp
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 124 years in which either name was published, Hamp for 90 years and Hamad for 34 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.
Side by side
| Hamad | Hamp | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 528 | 1,076 |
| Most in one year | 33 | 27 |
| Babies in 2025 | 24 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 520 | 220 |
| Median age today | 12 | 72 |
| Peak year | 2014 | 1920 |
| Best rank | 3,297th boys | 1,416th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 4,249th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1990 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 528 | 0 / 1,076 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Hamps alive today are over 72; half the Hamads are over 12. That is 60 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Hamad and Hamp.