Hyman

Where Hyman comes from

Anglicisation of Hyam, from Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayím, “life”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Hyman
  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1900
    Hyman G. Rickover born
    United States admiral; Father of the Nuclear Navy
  3. 1911
    Peak, #214
    137 babies named Hyman — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1919
    Hyman Minsky born
    American economist
  5. 1930
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #915.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Hyman G. Rickover · United States admiral; Father of the Nuclear Navy, 1900–1986
  • Hyman Minsky · American economist, 1919–1996
  • Hyman Bass · American mathematician, born 1932
  • Hyman Bloom · American artist, 1913–2009
  • Hyman Levy · Scottish mathematician, 1889–1975

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.