Lyman
#10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 41 births
- Debut · boys
- 31 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,559since 1880
Lyman over time
Rank among boys' names. Lyman 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 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #5,788 | 15 |
| 2016 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2015 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #2,683 | 25 |
| 1990 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #2,360 | 23 |
| 1985 | #2,116 | 26 |
| 1984 | #2,036 | 26 |
| 1983 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1982 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #2,003 | 27 |
| 1979 | #1,991 | 26 |
| 1978 | #2,205 | 21 |
| 1977 | #1,948 | 25 |
| 1976 | #1,781 | 28 |
| 1975 | #1,835 | 26 |
| 1974 | #1,582 | 31 |
| 1973 | #1,696 | 27 |
| 1972 | #1,453 | 34 |
| 1971 | #1,309 | 41 |
| 1970 | #1,178 | 49 |
| 1969 | #1,351 | 35 |
| 1968 | #1,100 | 46 |
| 1967 | #1,231 | 37 |
| 1966 | #1,116 | 44 |
| 1965 | #1,163 | 42 |
| 1964 | #1,126 | 46 |
| 1963 | #994 | 58 |
| 1962 | #947 | 64 |
| 1961 | #1,068 | 53 |
| 1960 | #964 | 62 |
| 1959 | #914 | 70 |
| 1958 | #936 | 66 |
| 1957 | #823 | 84 |
| 1956 | #868 | 74 |
| 1955 | #792 | 85 |
| 1954 | #768 | 86 |
| 1953 | #868 | 68 |
| 1952 | #766 | 84 |
| 1951 | #724 | 92 |
| 1950 | #718 | 91 |
| 1949 | #738 | 87 |
| 1948 | #663 | 104 |
| 1947 | #624 | 120 |
| 1946 | #681 | 90 |
| 1945 | #607 | 100 |
| 1944 | #585 | 110 |
| 1943 | #557 | 129 |
| 1942 | #566 | 118 |
| 1941 | #529 | 124 |
| 1940 | #544 | 117 |
| 1939 | #524 | 119 |
| 1938 | #514 | 127 |
| 1937 | #563 | 106 |
| 1936 | #537 | 114 |
| 1935 | #509 | 127 |
| 1934 | #537 | 120 |
| 1933 | #530 | 115 |
| 1932 | #493 | 135 |
| 1931 | #527 | 121 |
| 1930 | #485 | 149 |
| 1929 | #476 | 152 |
| 1928 | #455 | 176 |
| 1927 | #495 | 151 |
| 1926 | #446 | 185 |
| 1925 | #440 | 186 |
| 1924 | #437 | 195 |
| 1923 | #440 | 191 |
| 1922 | #418 | 205 |
| 1921 | #429 | 201 |
| 1920 | #448 | 181 |
| 1919 | #462 | 164 |
| 1918 | #472 | 156 |
| 1917 | #380 | 220 |
| 1916 | #402 | 190 |
| 1915 | #400 | 180 |
| 1914 | #360 | 171 |
| 1913 | #451 | 91 |
| 1912 | #416 | 88 |
| 1911 | #432 | 45 |
| 1910 | #501 | 31 |
| 1909 | #388 | 39 |
| 1908 | #463 | 28 |
| 1907 | #396 | 32 |
| 1906 | #400 | 29 |
| 1905 | #404 | 28 |
| 1904 | #379 | 29 |
| 1903 | #330 | 33 |
| 1902 | #388 | 26 |
| 1901 | #359 | 26 |
| 1900 | #350 | 39 |
| 1899 | #306 | 33 |
| 1898 | #339 | 32 |
| 1897 | #311 | 35 |
| 1896 | #407 | 23 |
| 1895 | #426 | 21 |
| 1894 | #358 | 26 |
| 1893 | #323 | 29 |
| 1892 | #357 | 28 |
| 1891 | #305 | 30 |
| 1890 | #335 | 27 |
| 1889 | #388 | 21 |
| 1888 | #308 | 34 |
| 1887 | #340 | 23 |
| 1886 | #294 | 34 |
| 1885 | #312 | 29 |
| 1884 | #284 | 37 |
| 1883 | #324 | 26 |
| 1882 | #267 | 41 |
| 1881 | #360 | 21 |
| 1880 | #299 | 31 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lyman was already there! It came in at #299, and was given to 31 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2006, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Lyman is popular in 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#315 · 1 in 5,078
- New York#389 · 1 in 8,567
- Louisiana#411 · 1 in 4,035
- Michigan#413 · 1 in 8,360
- Illinois#443 · 1 in 10,812
Best ever in a state: #96 in New Hampshire, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Indiana | #315 | 5 | 1 in 5,078 |
| New York | #389 | 10 | 1 in 8,567 |
| Louisiana | #411 | 5 | 1 in 4,035 |
| Michigan | #413 | 5 | 1 in 8,360 |
| Illinois | #443 | 5 | 1 in 10,812 |
| North Carolina | #478 | 5 | 1 in 7,009 |
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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 Lyman
- 2,628 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #10,695)
- 4,019 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 121 spots in 1962 (#1,068 → #947)
- Biggest drop: 132 spots in 1964 (#994 → #1,126)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #267 (41 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 99 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1960
- Highest: 1 in 2,773 boys born in 1882 were named Lyman (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.3% of all boys named Lyman (1,823) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 297 | #267 (1882) | #318 |
| 1890s | 284 | #305 (1891) | #347 |
| 1900s | 309 | #330 (1903) | #386 |
| 1910s | 1,336 | #360 (1914) | #428 |
| 1920s | 1,823 | #418 (1922) | #448 |
| 1930s | 1,233 | #485 (1930) | #522 |
| 1940s | 1,099 | #529 (1941) | #609 |
| 1950s | 800 | #718 (1950) | #818 |
| 1960s | 487 | #947 (1962) | #1,106 |
| 1970s | 308 | #1,178 (1970) | #1,698 |
| 1980s | 227 | #1,929 (1982) | #2,419 |
| 1990s | 146 | #2,683 (1991) | #4,699 |
| 2000s | 63 | #6,088 (2002) | #9,326 |
| 2010s | 108 | #5,251 (2010) | #7,850 |
| 2020s | 39 | #7,089 (2021) | #9,416 |
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.
Lyman in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 10,063 of them was named Lyman, which outranked 86.0% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).