Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hamed through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 572
- 572 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,486 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,486 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 3.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,770 as a first name in 2020; 3,349 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hamed’s family of names
Hamed may belong to the same name family as HAMMED. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hamed
- Hamed BakayokoPrime Minister of Ivory Coast (2020-2021)1965–2021
- Hamed HaddadiIranian basketball player (born 1985)
- Hamed TraorèIvorian association football playerborn 2000
- Hamed KarouiTunisian politician (1927-2020)
- Hamed NamouchiTunisian and French association football playerborn 1984
- Hamed Abdel-SamadGerman political scientist and historianborn 1972
- Hamed KonéIvorian association football playerborn 1987
- Hamed SinnoLebanese-American singerborn 1988
- Hamed TalebiIranian sportspersonborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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