Hyman
Hyman is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 214th, in 1911.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1916379 births
- Best rank
- #214in 1911
- Since 1880
- 5,858people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,858 boys have been named Hyman in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 379 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 379 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1918, and the 1910s alone account for 47%. It has spent 44 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hyman | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | |
| 1890s | 106 | |
| 1900s | 357 | |
| 1910s | 2,778 | |
| 1920s | 1,671 | |
| 1930s | 331 | |
| 1940s | 188 | |
| 1950s | 212 | |
| 1960s | 100 | |
| 1970s | 59 | |
| 1980s | 19 | |
| 1990s | 6 | |
| 2000s | 5 | |
| 2010s | 7 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Hyman was the 253rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1916 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Hyman
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Isidorepeak 1919
- Sigmundpeak 1918
- Meyerpeak 1917
- Myerpeak 1918
- Isadorepeak 1916
- Casimerpeak 1918
- Busterpeak 1918
- Elmopeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.