Lyman — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lyman

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,553 babies named Lyman between 1880 and 2023, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lyman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 220 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lyman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,823 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lyman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 419 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Lyman in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lyman 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 8,553 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.