Hyman

Last seen for boys in 2014 at #9,642

Peak · boys
1911 · 137 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,858
since 1880

Hyman over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hyman has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #214, 1911boys
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
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014#9,6427
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001#10,5565
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990#7,1786
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985#6,5235
1984#5,5616
1983
1982
1981#4,5098
1980
1979#5,3556
1978#4,5547
1977#5,1236
1976
1975#3,9418
1974#3,8378
1973#3,6948
1972
1971#3,9637
1970#3,2829
1969#3,9356
1968
1967#3,2317
1966#2,32712
1965#2,47611
1964#2,11415
1963#2,8589
1962#2,67310
1961#2,24214
1960#2,04216
1959#2,53011
1958#1,89618
1957#2,01916
1956#1,94517
1955#1,53825
1954#1,76219
1953#1,48026
1952#1,70120
1951#1,21836
1950#1,49924
1949#1,82017
1948#1,65620
1947#1,73319
1946#1,32728
1945#1,85214
1944#2,4679
1943#1,69918
1942#1,42124
1941#1,48521
1940#1,62718
1939#1,57818
1938#1,27527
1937#1,57619
1936#1,50520
1935#1,45322
1934#1,03839
1933#1,54020
1932#1,09038
1931#69775
1930#91553
1929#77169
1928#67687
1927#543129
1926#567118
1925#536131
1924#481165
1923#403221
1922#388242
1921#391240
1920#365269
1919#330292
1918#302333
1917#285328
1916#253379
1915#247378
1914#232336
1913#222280
1912#215255
1911#214137
1910#31860
1909#24481
1908#29654
1907#31346
1906#32340
1905#35534
1904#40926
1903#45121
1902#58314
1901#43319
1900#49022
1899#61311
1898#43521
1897#51515
1896#64112
1895#60912
1894#59412
1893#61511
1892
1891#8416
1890#8846
1889#7228
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883#8925
1882
1881
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hyman was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1888, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hyman
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
  • Biggest jump: 218 spots in 1931 (#915#697)
  • Biggest drop: 393 spots in 1932 (#697#1,090)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1911 at #214 (137 births)
  • Births halved by 1930, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 44 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1893–1931
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,649
  • Highest: 1 in 1,649 boys born in 1911 were named Hyman (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 274,410 boys born in 2014 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 47.4% of all boys named Hyman (2,778) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s19#722 (1889)#808
1890s106#435 (1898)#639
1900s357#244 (1909)#390
1910s2,778#214 (1911)#262
1920s1,671#365 (1920)#512
1930s331#697 (1931)#1,267
1940s188#1,327 (1946)#1,709
1950s212#1,218 (1951)#1,759
1960s100#2,042 (1960)#2,655
1970s59#3,282 (1970)#4,219
1980s19#4,509 (1981)#5,531
1990s6#7,178 (1990)#7,178
2000s5#10,556 (2001)#10,556
2010s7#9,642 (2014)#9,642

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.

Hyman in 1923

boys
#403
221 births · 1 in 4,960 boys

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #403Hyman221
More about 1923

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 4,960 of them was named Hyman, which outranked 91.8% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hyman
  1. #399Milford223
  2. #399Wilford223
  3. #402Emerson222
  4. #403Hyman221
  5. #403Coy221
  6. #405Rolland220
  7. #406Orval219
  8. #407Lorenzo218

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

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 403Marcos#1,333#930
  2. 341Armin#1,333#992
  3. 309Betty#1,222#913
  4. 309Godfrey#1,222#913
  5. 308Val#1,181#873
Fallers
  1. 1,021Harden#999#2,020
  2. 472Buel#850#1,322
  3. 420Trinidad#485#905
  4. 304Gorden#722#1,026
  5. 288Joy#840#1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923