Thirty years of Hamza
Hamza in numbers
Hamza has held steady for thirty years: never fewer than 220 boys a year and never more than 385. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2022 and 2025, from 272 to 385. On average it was given to 249 boys a year in the late 1990s, 335 in the 2000s, 282 in the 2010s and 297 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+26%306 to 385
- 5 years+58%244 to 385
- 10 years+26%305 to 385
- 20 years+24%311 to 385
- Since 1996+75%220 to 385
- Total, 1996 to 20258,949boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 129 · ONS · 306 in 2024
Rank 226 · NRS · 12 in 2024
Rank 395 · NISRA
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | =129 | 385 | +26% | 1 in 781 |
| 2024 | 163 | 306 | +2% | 1 in 997 |
| 2023 | 171 | 300 | +10% | 1 in 1,010 |
| 2022 | =188 | 272 | -1% | 1 in 1,142 |
| 2021 | 198 | 275 | +13% | 1 in 1,164 |
| 2020 | =208 | 244 | -6% | 1 in 1,289 |
| 2019 | 198 | 259 | -1% | 1 in 1,271 |
| 2018 | 206 | 262 | -1% | 1 in 1,288 |
| 2017 | 202 | 264 | -10% | 1 in 1,318 |
| 2016 * | 193 | 292 | -4% | 1 in 1,220 |
| 2015 | 188 | 305 | +9% | 1 in 1,174 |
| 2014 | 205 | 280 | +0% | 1 in 1,274 |
| 2013 | 201 | 280 | -5% | 1 in 1,280 |
| 2012 | =189 | 295 | +0% | 1 in 1,269 |
| 2011 | =188 | 295 | +1% | 1 in 1,257 |
| 2010 | 186 | 291 | -17% | 1 in 1,275 |
| 2009 | 159 | 351 | +6% | 1 in 1,032 |
| 2008 | =160 | 332 | -3% | 1 in 1,093 |
| 2007 | 155 | 344 | +8% | 1 in 1,030 |
| 2006 | 155 | 318 | +2% | 1 in 1,077 |
| 2005 | 152 | 311 | -5% | 1 in 1,063 |
| 2004 | =143 | 329 | -10% | 1 in 998 |
| 2003 | 131 | 364 | +8% | 1 in 875 |
| 2002 | 130 | 336 | -2% | 1 in 911 |
| 2001 | 125 | 344 | +7% | 1 in 886 |
| 2000 | 128 | 320 | +12% | 1 in 968 |
| 1999 | 134 | 286 | +13% | 1 in 1,116 |
| 1998 | 142 | 252 | +6% | 1 in 1,293 |
| 1997 | =150 | 237 | +8% | 1 in 1,391 |
| 1996 | 156 | 220 | 1 in 1,516 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate