Hamlet

boys:

240 births since 1911

#4346 (5th percentile)

overall:

240 births since 1911

#7499 (3rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hamlet".

1911 2019 19112019

Key Statistics

Total Births
240
Peak Births
11
Peak Year
1913
First Recorded
1911
Peak Percentile
0.7%
Current Percentile
0.7%
Peak Rank
#296
Current Rank
#911
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Hamlet

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Hamlet. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 40.4% confident that Hamlet is pronounced as HAM-luht. The next most likely pronunciation is HAM-liht, at 40.4% confidence.

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HAM-luht (2 syllables)
Verified
40.4% confidence
HH AE1 M L AH0 T
HAM-liht (2 syllables)
Verified
40.4% confidence
HH AE1 M L IH0 T
HAM-leht (2 syllables)
19.1% confidence
HH AE1 M L EH0 T

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Hamlet. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Hamlet, please vote using the thumbs up button.

HA-muhl-tuhn (3 syllables)
1 name 6.4k births
HH AE1 M AH0 L T AH0 N

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HA-mihl-tuhn (3 syllables)
1 name 6.4k births
HH AE1 M IH0 L T AH0 N

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like HH AE1 M L AH0 T) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.