Hiram
#1,634 for boys in 2025, 103 births
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 95 births
- Debut · boys
- 88 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,456since 1880
Hiram over time
Rank among boys' names. Hiram has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,634 | 103 |
| 2024 | #1,752 | 94 |
| 2023 | #1,547 | 113 |
| 2022 | #1,652 | 104 |
| 2021 | #1,763 | 91 |
| 2020 | #1,528 | 109 |
| 2019 | #1,713 | 92 |
| 2018 | #1,576 | 106 |
| 2017 | #1,502 | 111 |
| 2016 | #1,724 | 90 |
| 2015 | #1,444 | 117 |
| 2014 | #1,576 | 100 |
| 2013 | #1,520 | 106 |
| 2012 | #1,756 | 85 |
| 2011 | #1,886 | 74 |
| 2010 | #1,665 | 93 |
| 2009 | #1,626 | 97 |
| 2008 | #1,655 | 93 |
| 2007 | #1,412 | 115 |
| 2006 | #1,583 | 92 |
| 2005 | #1,584 | 87 |
| 2004 | #1,404 | 101 |
| 2003 | #1,497 | 86 |
| 2002 | #1,723 | 67 |
| 2001 | #1,502 | 81 |
| 2000 | #1,641 | 71 |
| 1999 | #1,421 | 82 |
| 1998 | #1,398 | 82 |
| 1997 | #1,438 | 75 |
| 1996 | #1,347 | 80 |
| 1995 | #1,417 | 70 |
| 1994 | #1,434 | 67 |
| 1993 | #1,444 | 65 |
| 1992 | #1,429 | 64 |
| 1991 | #1,482 | 59 |
| 1990 | #1,353 | 68 |
| 1989 | #1,327 | 68 |
| 1988 | #1,189 | 72 |
| 1987 | #1,195 | 65 |
| 1986 | #1,058 | 77 |
| 1985 | #1,043 | 78 |
| 1984 | #1,042 | 73 |
| 1983 | #967 | 83 |
| 1982 | #1,023 | 78 |
| 1981 | #964 | 87 |
| 1980 | #982 | 84 |
| 1979 | #826 | 111 |
| 1978 | #961 | 81 |
| 1977 | #866 | 96 |
| 1976 | #809 | 106 |
| 1975 | #818 | 103 |
| 1974 | #820 | 96 |
| 1973 | #783 | 103 |
| 1972 | #808 | 98 |
| 1971 | #828 | 95 |
| 1970 | #809 | 100 |
| 1969 | #732 | 114 |
| 1968 | #794 | 87 |
| 1967 | #751 | 97 |
| 1966 | #785 | 85 |
| 1965 | #721 | 106 |
| 1964 | #689 | 125 |
| 1963 | #685 | 128 |
| 1962 | #685 | 128 |
| 1961 | #720 | 113 |
| 1960 | #704 | 123 |
| 1959 | #738 | 107 |
| 1958 | #644 | 143 |
| 1957 | #671 | 129 |
| 1956 | #673 | 126 |
| 1955 | #696 | 111 |
| 1954 | #659 | 121 |
| 1953 | #657 | 116 |
| 1952 | #608 | 134 |
| 1951 | #682 | 104 |
| 1950 | #664 | 110 |
| 1949 | #664 | 107 |
| 1948 | #647 | 109 |
| 1947 | #677 | 104 |
| 1946 | #695 | 87 |
| 1945 | #636 | 90 |
| 1944 | #577 | 113 |
| 1943 | #604 | 109 |
| 1942 | #582 | 114 |
| 1941 | #620 | 95 |
| 1940 | #550 | 115 |
| 1939 | #617 | 89 |
| 1938 | #590 | 99 |
| 1937 | #575 | 100 |
| 1936 | #545 | 111 |
| 1935 | #566 | 104 |
| 1934 | #579 | 104 |
| 1933 | #550 | 108 |
| 1932 | #487 | 139 |
| 1931 | #529 | 120 |
| 1930 | #490 | 146 |
| 1929 | #479 | 150 |
| 1928 | #457 | 174 |
| 1927 | #521 | 138 |
| 1926 | #435 | 194 |
| 1925 | #465 | 170 |
| 1924 | #447 | 186 |
| 1923 | #413 | 210 |
| 1922 | #424 | 200 |
| 1921 | #450 | 187 |
| 1920 | #397 | 221 |
| 1919 | #399 | 211 |
| 1918 | #410 | 205 |
| 1917 | #419 | 181 |
| 1916 | #408 | 185 |
| 1915 | #425 | 161 |
| 1914 | #417 | 131 |
| 1913 | #363 | 131 |
| 1912 | #408 | 90 |
| 1911 | #368 | 57 |
| 1910 | #324 | 58 |
| 1909 | #397 | 38 |
| 1908 | #296 | 54 |
| 1907 | #366 | 37 |
| 1906 | #346 | 36 |
| 1905 | #268 | 54 |
| 1904 | #288 | 44 |
| 1903 | #330 | 33 |
| 1902 | #291 | 42 |
| 1901 | #277 | 38 |
| 1900 | #271 | 57 |
| 1899 | #251 | 44 |
| 1898 | #234 | 55 |
| 1897 | #263 | 44 |
| 1896 | #265 | 46 |
| 1895 | #220 | 62 |
| 1894 | #216 | 61 |
| 1893 | #241 | 51 |
| 1892 | #219 | 64 |
| 1891 | #229 | 49 |
| 1890 | #194 | 68 |
| 1889 | #197 | 66 |
| 1888 | #209 | 70 |
| 1887 | #168 | 75 |
| 1886 | #232 | 53 |
| 1885 | #146 | 92 |
| 1884 | #142 | 97 |
| 1883 | #153 | 85 |
| 1882 | #134 | 104 |
| 1881 | #124 | 95 |
| 1880 | #154 | 88 |
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.
Where Hiram is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#507 · 1 in 8,622
- Florida#711 · 1 in 9,941
- New York#981 · 1 in 17,948
- Texas#1,080 · 1 in 20,490
- California#1,621 · 1 in 39,793
Best ever in a state: #96 in Hawaii, 1939.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #507 | 9 | 1 in 8,622 |
| Florida | #711 | 8 | 1 in 9,941 |
| New York | #981 | 7 | 1 in 17,948 |
| Texas | #1,080 | 7 | 1 in 20,490 |
| California | #1,621 | 6 | 1 in 39,793 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Hiram
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #124 (95 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 103 yrs · run 1880–1981
- 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%)
- 12.7% of all boys named Hiram (1,830) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 825 | #124 (1881) | #166 |
| 1890s | 544 | #194 (1890) | #233 |
| 1900s | 433 | #268 (1905) | #313 |
| 1910s | 1,410 | #324 (1910) | #394 |
| 1920s | 1,830 | #397 (1920) | #449 |
| 1930s | 1,120 | #487 (1932) | #553 |
| 1940s | 1,043 | #550 (1940) | #625 |
| 1950s | 1,201 | #608 (1952) | #669 |
| 1960s | 1,106 | #685 (1962) | #727 |
| 1970s | 989 | #783 (1973) | #833 |
| 1980s | 765 | #964 (1981) | #1,079 |
| 1990s | 712 | #1,347 (1996) | #1,416 |
| 2000s | 890 | #1,404 (2004) | #1,563 |
| 2010s | 974 | #1,444 (2015) | #1,636 |
| 2020s | 614 | #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 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 28,723 of them was named Hiram, which outranked 85.3% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,188Rey66
- #1,188Reyes66
- #1,188Timmothy66
- #1,195Hiram65
- #1,195Bailey65
- #1,195Bert65
- #1,195Cyle65
- #1,202Abdul64
- #1,202Adalberto64
- #1,202Blayne64
Tied with 6 names at #1,195; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.