Hymen — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hymen

The Social Security Administration has registered 285 babies named Hymen between 1911 and 1931, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hymen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1931. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hymen performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Hymen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 82 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Hymen in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hymen 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 285 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.