Hamish
95
Babies in 2024
+15%
10-year change
1998
Peak · 138
+7%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Hamish
Hamish peaked among UK boys' names in the late 1990s (138 babies in 1998) and has remained in active use — 95 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Hamish reached its peak in 1998, when 138 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #222 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 95 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 2,884 boys have been officially registered with the name Hamish in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 1,040 boys were registered with the name, starting from 83 in 2014 and ending at 95 in 2024.