Hamlin

Boys' name

Diminutive of Haimon

Hamlin has been given to 63 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1916, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Hamlin, 1957

1 in 840,000

Hamlin over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hamlin: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Haimon

surname transfer

What Hamlin means

Hamlin is a diminutive of Haimon.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From the Anglo-Norman personal name Hamlin, a double diminutive of Old French Haimon.

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Origin, language, and formation

Hamlin is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Hamlin comes through Old French Haimon.

Hamlin is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Haimon.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 63 boys were recorded with the name Hamlin between 1915 and 1957. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1916; its best national rank was #3,029 in 1916.

How common is Hamlin?

Hamlin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1957, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1957: 1 in 840,000; 5 of 4,201,368 births
Among boys only: 1 in 431,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1957: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 582,434 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Hamlin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1957 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 582,434 children born in 1957 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hamlin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hamlins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hamlin was born before 1925 — so the typical Hamlin is around 100 today.

Median birth year: 1925; About 100 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 39.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 15.9%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 39.7% of all recorded uses (25).

Is Hamlin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1916 (8)
Years since peak: 109; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,029; 1916

Spellings of Hamlin

Hamlin is not the most common spelling — Harlan is, with 23.8% against Hamlin's 0.06%.

Harlan23.8%26,481
Marlin19.0%21,172
Jaylin9.4%10,399
Dallin4.7%5,197
Gatlin4.0%4,471
Arlin3.7%4,072
Jamin3.1%3,446
Amin3.1%3,440

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Hamlin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,029; 1916
Peak year: 1916; 8 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 1957
All-time count: 63
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Hamlin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Hameed Herlin Hamdaan Hamadi Kenlin Adolin Hamlet Darlin Hamish Hamdan Zaelin Zeplin Vaelin Weslin Hamzeh Baelin Acelin Oaklin Hamse Copelin Hamer Hammad Jakylin Hollin

Sibling names for Hamlin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Era Leatha Leone Artie Alpha Cecil Ona Albina

For a brother

Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Regis Sydney Meyer Gustave

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