Hisham is a distinctive choice, ranked #1235 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Hisham in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1235
About the Name Hisham
Hisham is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 1169 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #814 in 2001 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Hisham is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Hisham
Unlikely. With around 22 UK babies named Hisham per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Hisham in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Hisham is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 1169 places over the last five years to #1235 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Hisham is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Hisham include: Hisham Kasimu — Hisham Kasimu is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for National League South club AFC Totton.; Hisham Mackie — Hisham Mackie is a Sierra Leonean businessman.; Hisham Tawfiq — Hisham Tawfiq is an American actor..
Hisham does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Hishams in the wild.
22
UK babies named Hisham (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 1169 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Hisham
Likely around 1 other Hisham in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Hisham
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Hisham Mackie is a Sierra Leonean businessman. He is by far the biggest diamond exporter from Sierra Leone, accounting for 51% of all official Sierra Leone diamond exports Mackie runs H.M Diamond, a company which accounted for 40% of all diamond exports in 2005.
Hisham III (Arabic: هشام الثالث in full المعتد بالله” هشام بن محمد) was the last Umayyad ruler in the Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia), and the last person to hold the title Caliph of Córdoba.
Abu Muhammad Abd al-Malik ibn Hisham ibn Ayyub al-Himyari (Arabic: أَبُو مُحَمَّدٌ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ هِشَامٍ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ, romanized: Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Hishām ibn Ayyūb al-Ḥimyarī; died 7 May 833), known simply as Ibn Hisham, was a 9th-century Abbasid historian and scholar. He grew up in Basra, in modern-day Iraq and later moved to Egypt.
Hisham Badawy (Arabic: هشام بدوي) is an Egyptian politician. He has been served as the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives of Egypt since January 2026.
Hisham Melhem (Arabic: هشام ملحم Hišām Melḥem) is a Lebanese-American journalist who currently serves as Washington bureau chief of Al Arabiya News Channel and as a correspondent for An-Nahar newspaper.
Hisham I Al-Reda ibn Abd ar-Rahman (Arabic: هشام بن عبد الرحمن الداخل) was the second Emir of Cordoba, ruling from 788 to 796 in al-Andalus. Hisham was born April 26, 757 in Cordoba.