Meaning and history
Hisham is an Arabic name meaning “generous,” ultimately derived from هشم (hashama), meaning “to crush,” a sense linked to the traditional Arab practice of crushing bread into crumbs for sharing. The name was also borne by an 8th-century caliph of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain.
20062006: 18 births, rank #4,865
2007: 21 births, rank #4,493
2008: 25 births, rank #4,044
2009: 19 births, rank #4,922
2010: 17 births, rank #5,251
20112011: 28 births, rank #3,695
2012: 25 births, rank #4,003
2013: 23 births, rank #4,180
2014: 29 births, rank #3,617
2015: 26 births, rank #3,982
20162016: 39 births, rank #2,993
2017: 20 births, rank #4,746
2018: 26 births, rank #3,993
2019: 20 births, rank #4,806
2020: 31 births, rank #3,497
20212021: 17 births, rank #5,338
2022: 21 births, rank #4,701
2023: 25 births, rank #4,220
2024: 28 births, rank #3,896
20252025: 24 births, rank #4,249
In 2025, 24 babies were recorded with the name Hisham, ranking #4,249 among boys.