Total births
18
US rank #16822 Girls' name Peak 2013 18 births
Hiyam — #16822 US girls' name
18 babies named Hiyam in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
#16822
of 17,661 girls in use
More common than 5% of names given to girls today.
2010s
Peak decade
72% of everyone ever named Hiyam was born in this single decade.
2013
Single peak year
7 babies were named Hiyam in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hiyam
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Hiyam between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hiyam currently holds the #16822 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hiyam performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Hiyam shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hiyam 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 18 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.
Hiyam at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2013
Current rank
#16,822
Active since
2012
Hiyam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2012
- Peak year (2013)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
Hiyam by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 13 births that decade — 72% of Hiyam's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Hiyam? ▼
18 babies have been named Hiyam since 2012. It currently ranks #16822 among girls. The peak year was 2013 with 7 births.
When was Hiyam most popular? ▼
Hiyam was most popular in the 2010s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 2013.
How long has the name Hiyam been used? ▼
Hiyam has been recorded in Social Security data since 2012, spanning 13 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Hiyam? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Hiya, Hiyab, Hiyabel. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
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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, 2012–2024 (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.