Hiram

#1,634 for boys in 2025, 103 births

Peak · boys
#124
1881 · 95 births
Debut · boys
1880
88 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
14,456
since 1880

Hiram over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hiram has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #124, 1881boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,634103
2024#1,75294
2023#1,547113
2022#1,652104
2021#1,76391
2020#1,528109
2019#1,71392
2018#1,576106
2017#1,502111
2016#1,72490
2015#1,444117
2014#1,576100
2013#1,520106
2012#1,75685
2011#1,88674
2010#1,66593
2009#1,62697
2008#1,65593
2007#1,412115
2006#1,58392
2005#1,58487
2004#1,404101
2003#1,49786
2002#1,72367
2001#1,50281
2000#1,64171
1999#1,42182
1998#1,39882
1997#1,43875
1996#1,34780
1995#1,41770
1994#1,43467
1993#1,44465
1992#1,42964
1991#1,48259
1990#1,35368
1989#1,32768
1988#1,18972
1987#1,19565
1986#1,05877
1985#1,04378
1984#1,04273
1983#96783
1982#1,02378
1981#96487
1980#98284
1979#826111
1978#96181
1977#86696
1976#809106
1975#818103
1974#82096
1973#783103
1972#80898
1971#82895
1970#809100
1969#732114
1968#79487
1967#75197
1966#78585
1965#721106
1964#689125
1963#685128
1962#685128
1961#720113
1960#704123
1959#738107
1958#644143
1957#671129
1956#673126
1955#696111
1954#659121
1953#657116
1952#608134
1951#682104
1950#664110
1949#664107
1948#647109
1947#677104
1946#69587
1945#63690
1944#577113
1943#604109
1942#582114
1941#62095
1940#550115
1939#61789
1938#59099
1937#575100
1936#545111
1935#566104
1934#579104
1933#550108
1932#487139
1931#529120
1930#490146
1929#479150
1928#457174
1927#521138
1926#435194
1925#465170
1924#447186
1923#413210
1922#424200
1921#450187
1920#397221
1919#399211
1918#410205
1917#419181
1916#408185
1915#425161
1914#417131
1913#363131
1912#40890
1911#36857
1910#32458
1909#39738
1908#29654
1907#36637
1906#34636
1905#26854
1904#28844
1903#33033
1902#29142
1901#27738
1900#27157
1899#25144
1898#23455
1897#26344
1896#26546
1895#22062
1894#21661
1893#24151
1892#21964
1891#22949
1890#19468
1889#19766
1888#20970
1887#16875
1886#23253
1885#14692
1884#14297
1883#15385
1882#134104
1881#12495
1880#15488
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hiram was already there! It came in at #154, and was given to 88 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1901–1904, when fewer than 45 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hiram
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 118 spots since 2024 (#1,752 → #1,634)
  • 106 spots since 2020 (#1,528 → #1,634)
  • 190 spots since 2015 (#1,444 → #1,634)
  • Biggest jump: 135 spots in 1979 (#961 → #826)
  • Biggest drop: 156 spots in 1980 (#826 → #982)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #124 (95 births)
  • Births halved by 1896, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 103 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 103 yrs · run 1880–1981
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,060
  • Highest: 1 in 1,060 boys born in 1881 were named Hiram (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,583 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 12.7% of all boys named Hiram (1,830) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s825#124 (1881)#166
1890s544#194 (1890)#233
1900s433#268 (1905)#313
1910s1,410#324 (1910)#394
1920s1,830#397 (1920)#449
1930s1,120#487 (1932)#553
1940s1,043#550 (1940)#625
1950s1,201#608 (1952)#669
1960s1,106#685 (1962)#727
1970s989#783 (1973)#833
1980s765#964 (1981)#1,079
1990s712#1,347 (1996)#1,416
2000s890#1,404 (2004)#1,563
2010s974#1,444 (2015)#1,636
2020s614#1,528 (2020)#1,646

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hiram in 1921

boys
#450
187 births · 1 in 5,890 boys

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #450Hiram187
More about 1921

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 5,890 of them was named Hiram, which outranked 91.0% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hiram
  1. #446Royal191
  2. #448Bud190
  3. #449Casimir188
  4. #450Hiram187
  5. #450Mary187
  6. #452Dudley185
  7. #453Gregory184
  8. #453Lenard184

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 828Kevin#1,543 → #715
  2. ↑ 499Enrico#1,157 → #658
  3. ↑ 435Richmond#1,225 → #790
  4. ↑ 427Reynaldo#1,252 → #825
  5. ↑ 425Art#1,416 → #991
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Stacy#835 → #1,226
  2. ↓ 279Gorden#947 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 248Brady#653 → #901
  4. ↓ 246Guillermo#812 → #1,058
  5. ↓ 219Lindsay#903 → #1,122

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1921 →