Hyman — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hyman

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,858 babies named Hyman between 1880 and 2014, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hyman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 379 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hyman performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 2,778 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Hyman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 3,030 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Hyman in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hyman 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 5,858 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.