Hamza

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Hamza: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Hamza: Recorded since 1970, it reached #125 in 2001, and it stood at #234 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
103times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#125highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#156
1997	#150
1998	#142
1999	#134
2000	#128
2001	#125
2002	#130
2003	#131
2004	#143
2005	#152
2006	#155
2007	#155
2008	#160
2009	#159
2010	#186
2011	#188
2012	#189
2013	#201
2014	#205
2015	#188
2016	#193
2017	#202
2018	#206
2019	#198
2020	#208
2021	#198
2022	#188
2023	#171
2024	#163

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 45 of the 56 years from 1970 to 2025.

In 2025: #234 among boys in Norway, #272 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1970–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1970
First recorded at #575 among boys in Norway in 1970 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #125 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #234 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Hamza appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 45 years beginning in 1970, and has registered 804 births with the name.

Hamza across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Hamza's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#575 (1970)	#174 (2010)	#234 (2025)	45 of 56	804 (1970–2025)	34 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#369 (1996)	#267 (2002)	#272 (2025)	28 of 30	186 (1996–2025)	16 (2025)
England and Wales · Boys	#156 (1996)	#125 (2001)	#163 (2024)	29 of 29	8,564 (1996–2024)	364 (2003)

Hamza by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Hamza in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1980s	51	8 of 10	6
1990s	155	10 of 10	16
2000s	223	10 of 10	22
2010sbusiest	263	10 of 10	26
2020s	108	6 of 10	18

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 26 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Hamza appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1970 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #125 in England and Wales in 2001.

Hamza's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#163	306	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#171	300	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#188	272	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#198	275	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#208	244	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#198	259	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#206	262	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#202	264	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#193	292	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#188	305	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#205	280	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#201	280	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#189	295	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#188	295	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#186	291	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#159	351	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#160	332	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#155	344	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#155	318	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#152	311	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#143	329	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#131	364	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#130	336	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#125	344	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#128	320	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#134	286	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#142	252	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#150	237	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#156	220	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#234	18	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#238	18	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#212	22	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#257	15	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#247	16	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#211	19	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#181	29	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#233	21	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#281	16	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#197	27	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#203	27	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#214	25	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#179	32	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#233	21	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#182	31	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#174	34	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#204	28	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#243	20	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#189	30	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#205	25	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#218	22	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#254	17	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#264	16	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#234	19	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#188	31	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#285	15	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#235	20	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#241	21	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#223	23	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#248	20	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#278	16	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#307	14	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#380	10	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#375	10	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#365	11	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#413	10	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#535	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#584	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#468	8	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#529	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#545	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#496	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#532	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#500	7	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#575	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	16	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#380	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	9	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#438	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#389	9	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#373	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#343	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	8	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#307	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1970 and 2025, ranked in 45 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #125, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 364 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 54 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Hamna · #868, 26y
Hamnah · #1019, 26y
Hamzah · #202, 29y
Han · #2097, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alvin · #126, 50y
Dawid · #122, 49y
Arron · #138, 44y
Keelan · #111, 44y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Justyna · #126, 40y
Dawid · #122, 49y
Lynsey · #119, 32y
Mariell · #119, 45y

Hamza was ranked #125 in England and Wales · Boys in 2001. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Hamza and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Hamza without appearing here.

Hamza moved ahead of

Daithi Compare
In 2020 they stood at #556 and #496 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #390 and #755.
Emil Compare
In 2020 they stood at #556 and #459 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #390 and #755.
Keith Compare
In 2024 they stood at #472 and #430 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #272 and #577.
Stein Compare
In 2000 they stood at #285 and #264 in Norway · Boys; by 2001 that had become #188 and #476.

Moved ahead of Hamza

Kasper Compare
In 1983 they stood at #496 and #502 in Norway · Boys; by 1984 that had become #545 and #387.
Oscar Compare
In 1982 they stood at #532 and #546 in Norway · Boys; by 1983 that had become #496 and #367.
Lukas Compare
In 1983 they stood at #496 and #505 in Norway · Boys; by 1984 that had become #545 and #419.
Noel Compare
In 2016 they stood at #197 and #224 in Norway · Boys; by 2017 that had become #281 and #164.

Moved the opposite way to Hamza

Anders Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Hamza went from #575 to #234 while Anders went from #41 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Hamza went from #575 to #234 while Arild went from #45 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Hamza went from #575 to #234 while Arne went from #37 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Hamza went from #575 to #234 while Bjørn went from #4 to #56.

Moved the same way as Hamza

Adam Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Hamza went from #575 to #234 and Adam from #133 to #29.
Adrian Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Hamza went from #575 to #234 and Adrian from #368 to #70.
Aksel Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Hamza went from #575 to #234 and Aksel from #270 to #25.
Alan Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Hamza went from #575 to #234 and Alan from #557 to #274.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1970 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #125 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hamza

Hamza at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hamza across 3 official records

Hamza by decade in Norway · Boys

Hamza appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Hamza and the names beside it

Hamza moved ahead of

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Hamza at a glance

Hamza across 3 official records

Hamza by decade in Norway · Boys

Hamza appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Hamza

Hamza and the names beside it

Hamza moved ahead of

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