Hyman
Last seen for boys in 2014 at #9,642
- Peak · boys
- 1911 · 137 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,858since 1880
Hyman over time
Rank among boys' names. Hyman has never cracked the top 200 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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #2,242 | 14 |
| 1960 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1957 | #2,019 | 16 |
| 1956 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #1,538 | 25 |
| 1954 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #1,480 | 26 |
| 1952 | #1,701 | 20 |
| 1951 | #1,218 | 36 |
| 1950 | #1,499 | 24 |
| 1949 | #1,820 | 17 |
| 1948 | #1,656 | 20 |
| 1947 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #1,327 | 28 |
| 1945 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,485 | 21 |
| 1940 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #1,578 | 18 |
| 1938 | #1,275 | 27 |
| 1937 | #1,576 | 19 |
| 1936 | #1,505 | 20 |
| 1935 | #1,453 | 22 |
| 1934 | #1,038 | 39 |
| 1933 | #1,540 | 20 |
| 1932 | #1,090 | 38 |
| 1931 | #697 | 75 |
| 1930 | #915 | 53 |
| 1929 | #771 | 69 |
| 1928 | #676 | 87 |
| 1927 | #543 | 129 |
| 1926 | #567 | 118 |
| 1925 | #536 | 131 |
| 1924 | #481 | 165 |
| 1923 | #403 | 221 |
| 1922 | #388 | 242 |
| 1921 | #391 | 240 |
| 1920 | #365 | 269 |
| 1919 | #330 | 292 |
| 1918 | #302 | 333 |
| 1917 | #285 | 328 |
| 1916 | #253 | 379 |
| 1915 | #247 | 378 |
| 1914 | #232 | 336 |
| 1913 | #222 | 280 |
| 1912 | #215 | 255 |
| 1911 | #214 | 137 |
| 1910 | #318 | 60 |
| 1909 | #244 | 81 |
| 1908 | #296 | 54 |
| 1907 | #313 | 46 |
| 1906 | #323 | 40 |
| 1905 | #355 | 34 |
| 1904 | #409 | 26 |
| 1903 | #451 | 21 |
| 1902 | #583 | 14 |
| 1901 | #433 | 19 |
| 1900 | #490 | 22 |
| 1899 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #435 | 21 |
| 1897 | #515 | 15 |
| 1896 | #641 | 12 |
| 1895 | #609 | 12 |
| 1894 | #594 | 12 |
| 1893 | #615 | 11 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
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.
Where Hyman is popular in 1911
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#68 · 1 in 315
- Massachusetts#84 · 1 in 514
- New Jersey#104 · 1 in 792
- Ohio#170 · 1 in 1,303
- Pennsylvania#178 · 1 in 1,807
Best ever in a state: #65 in New York, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #68 | 75 | 1 in 315 |
| Massachusetts | #84 | 18 | 1 in 514 |
| New Jersey | #104 | 7 | 1 in 792 |
| Ohio | #170 | 6 | 1 in 1,303 |
| Pennsylvania | #178 | 10 | 1 in 1,807 |
| Illinois | #200 | 5 | 1 in 1,819 |
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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 Hyman
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Biggest jump: 218 spots in 1931 (#915 → #697)
- Biggest drop: 393 spots in 1932 (#697 → #1,090)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1911 at #214 (137 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1893–1931
- 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%)
- 47.4% of all boys named Hyman (2,778) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #722 (1889) | #808 |
| 1890s | 106 | #435 (1898) | #639 |
| 1900s | 357 | #244 (1909) | #390 |
| 1910s | 2,778 | #214 (1911) | #262 |
| 1920s | 1,671 | #365 (1920) | #512 |
| 1930s | 331 | #697 (1931) | #1,267 |
| 1940s | 188 | #1,327 (1946) | #1,709 |
| 1950s | 212 | #1,218 (1951) | #1,759 |
| 1960s | 100 | #2,042 (1960) | #2,655 |
| 1970s | 59 | #3,282 (1970) | #4,219 |
| 1980s | 19 | #4,509 (1981) | #5,531 |
| 1990s | 6 | #7,178 (1990) | #7,178 |
| 2000s | 5 | #10,556 (2001) | #10,556 |
| 2010s | 7 | #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 1911
Top boys' names in 1911
More about 1911
boys
225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 1,649 of them was named Hyman, which outranked 89.3% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).