Hiren — boys' name
123 babies named Hiren in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Hiren was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Hiren in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hiren
The Social Security Administration has registered 123 babies named Hiren between 1983 and 2002, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hiren currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hiren performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Hiren shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hiren in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hiren in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 123 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Hiren at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hiren popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1983
- Peak year (1988)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
123 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 12 births in a single year.
Hiren by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 54 births that decade — 44% of Hiren's all-time total
Hiren decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Hiren's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Hiren by state
Where Hiren concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 11 | 8.9% |
11 of 123 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 8.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 8.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.