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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #214, 1911boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2014#9,6427
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2001#10,5565
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1990#7,1786
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1985#6,5235
1984#5,5616
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1981#4,5098
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1979#5,3556
1978#4,5547
1977#5,1236
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1975#3,9418
1974#3,8378
1973#3,6948
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1971#3,9637
1970#3,2829
1969#3,9356
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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
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1891#8416
1890#8846
1889#7228
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1883#8925
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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.

Where Hyman is popular in 1915

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedMNIllinois: #203 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,902 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedWIMichigan: #289 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,022 boysMINew York: #71 for boys · 238 births · 1 in 329 boysNYMassachusetts: #130 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,109 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedINOhio: #385 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,555 boysOHPennsylvania: #316 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 5,165 boysPANew Jersey: #204 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,540 boysNJConnecticut: #134 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,124 boysCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedNEMissouri: #408 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,741 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedVAMaryland: #117 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 749 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedHITexas: #631 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,170 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Hyman, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#71 · 1 in 329
  2. Maryland#117 · 1 in 749
  3. Massachusetts#130 · 1 in 1,109
  4. Connecticut#134 · 1 in 1,124
  5. Illinois#203 · 1 in 1,902

Best ever in a state: #65 in New York, 1912.

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StateRankBirthsShare
New York#712381 in 329
Maryland#117131 in 749
Massachusetts#130251 in 1,109
Connecticut#13491 in 1,124
Illinois#203251 in 1,902
New Jersey#20491 in 2,540
Michigan#28981 in 3,022
Pennsylvania#316141 in 5,165
Ohio#38561 in 6,555
Missouri#40851 in 4,741
Texas#63161 in 6,170
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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
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 1915

boys
#247
378 births · 1 in 2,245 boys

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #247Hyman378
More about 1915

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 2,245 of them was named Hyman, which outranked 94.4% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hyman
  1. #244Aubrey394
  2. #245Loren392
  3. #246Preston388
  4. #247Hyman378
  5. #248Cornelius372
  6. #249Will362
  7. #250Murray361
Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. ↑ 691Eston#1,687 → #996
  2. ↑ 565Estill#1,545 → #980
  3. ↑ 545Garth#1,260 → #715
  4. ↑ 474Hiroshi#1,342 → #868
  5. ↑ 439Domingo#1,101 → #662
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Gilmore#986 → #1,660
  2. ↓ 667Barnett#933 → #1,600
  3. ↓ 526Rose#884 → #1,410
  4. ↓ 517Toivo#855 → #1,372
  5. ↓ 461Sampson#949 → #1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915 →