Hamza

What Hamza means

Means “lion”

From Arabic حَمْزَة (ḥamza, literally “lion”), from the Arabic root ح م ز (ḥ m z).

Source: Wiktionary, “Hamza” (revision 93050436), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Hamza?

US: Rising: up from #616 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #188 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 565 boys got the name (#527 that year). First in the US records in 1977.

How common

• About 1 in 3,072 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 706 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,091 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MN (1.59 per 1,000 boys), VA (0.97 per 1,000 boys), IL (0.85 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Hamza is #541 in the US and #129 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Hamza were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Hamzah45 US · 41 E&W
• Humza30 US · 14 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Hamza

Boys

• Zahir#738Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 7 babies
• Yousef#744Editor’s note Up from #788 in 2015 to #744 in 2025 in the US
• Mohamed#527Variant of Muhammad, meaning “praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Ali#306“high, exalted”^*
• Nasir#486Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #486 vs #2,133 in 2025
• Abdullah#763“servant of God”^*

For a sister

• Noor#659“light”^*
• Leyla#611Editor’s note Up from #782 in 2015 to #611 in 2025 in the US
• Sariyah#624“a cloud that comes by night”^*
• Lylah#584Editor’s note Up from #629 in 2015 to #584 in 2025 in the US
• Amirah#490Variant of Amira, meaning “princess”^*
• Alia#587Feminine form of Ali, meaning “high, exalted”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Hamza’s. Rank is US 2025.