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Hiram: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 103 in 2025. Its best rank was #124 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #124 in 1881; #1,639 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Hiram in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,639 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #124.
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Hiram: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 103 boys in 2025. Peak: #124 in 1881 · most boys in one year: 221 (1920).
In 2025, 103 US boys were named Hiram, making it the 1,639th most common boys’ name of the year, up 115 places from #1,754 in 2024. That is 9 more than the 94 boys named Hiram in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #124, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 221, in 1920. For comparison, it was #1,447 in 2015 and #665 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Hiram in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 88 babies with the name. In all, 14,456 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,830 babies named Hiram.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,013 US boys were named Hiram; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 113. In 2025 that was about 1 in 16,583 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Hiram ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #332 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Hyrum (3,406 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Hyram are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Hy.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Hyram (66).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 6 | #332 | — |
| Arizona | 5 | #970 | #505 |
| Texas | 23 | #1,025 | #754 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,145 | — |
| California | 9 | #1,740 | #1,405 |
| Florida | 5 | #1,940 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 103 | #1,639 |
| 2024 | — | — | 94 | #1,754 |
| 2023 | — | — | 113 | #1,553 |
| 2022 | — | — | 104 | #1,657 |
| 2021 | — | — | 91 | #1,767 |
| 2020 | — | — | 109 | #1,529 |
| 2019 | — | — | 92 | #1,716 |
| 2018 | — | — | 106 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | — | — | 111 | #1,502 |
| 2016 | — | — | 90 | #1,730 |
| 2015 | — | — | 117 | #1,447 |
| 2014 | — | — | 100 | #1,580 |
| 2013 | — | — | 106 | #1,523 |
| 2012 | — | — | 85 | #1,763 |
| 2011 | — | — | 74 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | — | — | 93 | #1,670 |
| 2009 | — | — | 97 | #1,630 |
| 2008 | — | — | 93 | #1,660 |
| 2007 | — | — | 115 | #1,418 |
| 2006 | — | — | 92 | #1,587 |
| 2005 | — | — | 87 | #1,590 |
| 2004 | — | — | 101 | #1,409 |
| 2003 | — | — | 86 | #1,504 |
| 2002 | — | — | 67 | #1,729 |
| 2001 | — | — | 81 | #1,505 |
| 2000 | — | — | 71 | #1,645 |
| 1999 | — | — | 82 | #1,425 |
| 1998 | — | — | 82 | #1,400 |
| 1997 | — | — | 75 | #1,444 |
| 1996 | — | — | 80 | #1,349 |
| 1995 | — | — | 70 | #1,419 |
| 1994 | — | — | 67 | #1,440 |
| 1993 | — | — | 65 | #1,449 |
| 1992 | — | — | 64 | #1,441 |
| 1991 | — | — | 59 | #1,489 |
| 1990 | — | — | 68 | #1,355 |
| 1989 | — | — | 68 | #1,332 |
| 1988 | — | — | 72 | #1,194 |
| 1987 | — | — | 65 | #1,198 |
| 1986 | — | — | 77 | #1,059 |
| 1985 | — | — | 78 | #1,045 |
| 1984 | — | — | 73 | #1,047 |
| 1983 | — | — | 83 | #969 |
| 1982 | — | — | 78 | #1,027 |
| 1981 | — | — | 87 | #967 |
| 1980 | — | — | 84 | #984 |
| 1979 | — | — | 111 | #830 |
| 1978 | — | — | 81 | #965 |
| 1977 | — | — | 96 | #866 |
| 1976 | — | — | 106 | #811 |
| 1975 | — | — | 103 | #820 |
| 1974 | — | — | 96 | #820 |
| 1973 | — | — | 103 | #784 |
| 1972 | — | — | 98 | #812 |
| 1971 | — | — | 95 | #831 |
| 1970 | — | — | 100 | #811 |
| 1969 | — | — | 114 | #732 |
| 1968 | — | — | 87 | #797 |
| 1967 | — | — | 97 | #753 |
| 1966 | — | — | 85 | #788 |
| 1965 | — | — | 106 | #722 |
| 1964 | — | — | 125 | #691 |
| 1963 | — | — | 128 | #687 |
| 1962 | — | — | 128 | #685 |
| 1961 | — | — | 113 | #724 |
| 1960 | — | — | 123 | #704 |
| 1959 | — | — | 107 | #740 |
| 1958 | — | — | 143 | #645 |
| 1957 | — | — | 129 | #674 |
| 1956 | — | — | 126 | #674 |
| 1955 | — | — | 111 | #697 |
| 1954 | — | — | 121 | #660 |
| 1953 | — | — | 116 | #658 |
| 1952 | — | — | 134 | #611 |
| 1951 | — | — | 104 | #683 |
| 1950 | — | — | 110 | #665 |
| 1949 | — | — | 107 | #665 |
| 1948 | — | — | 109 | #653 |
| 1947 | — | — | 104 | #679 |
| 1946 | — | — | 87 | #697 |
| 1945 | — | — | 90 | #636 |
| 1944 | — | — | 113 | #578 |
| 1943 | — | — | 109 | #606 |
| 1942 | — | — | 114 | #582 |
| 1941 | — | — | 95 | #621 |
| 1940 | — | — | 115 | #552 |
| 1939 | — | — | 89 | #619 |
| 1938 | — | — | 99 | #595 |
| 1937 | — | — | 100 | #577 |
| 1936 | — | — | 111 | #545 |
| 1935 | — | — | 104 | #570 |
| 1934 | — | — | 104 | #580 |
| 1933 | — | — | 108 | #551 |
| 1932 | — | — | 139 | #487 |
| 1931 | — | — | 120 | #531 |
| 1930 | — | — | 146 | #491 |
| 1929 | — | — | 150 | #480 |
| 1928 | — | — | 174 | #457 |
| 1927 | — | — | 138 | #521 |
| 1926 | — | — | 194 | #435 |
| 1925 | — | — | 170 | #465 |
| 1924 | — | — | 186 | #447 |
| 1923 | — | — | 210 | #413 |
| 1922 | — | — | 200 | #425 |
| 1921 | — | — | 187 | #450 |
| 1920 | — | — | 221 | #397 |
| 1919 | — | — | 211 | #400 |
| 1918 | — | — | 205 | #410 |
| 1917 | — | — | 181 | #419 |
| 1916 | — | — | 185 | #408 |
| 1915 | — | — | 161 | #425 |
| 1914 | — | — | 131 | #419 |
| 1913 | — | — | 131 | #363 |
| 1912 | — | — | 90 | #410 |
| 1911 | — | — | 57 | #368 |
| 1910 | — | — | 58 | #324 |
| 1909 | — | — | 38 | #401 |
| 1908 | — | — | 54 | #298 |
| 1907 | — | — | 37 | #369 |
| 1906 | — | — | 36 | #347 |
| 1905 | — | — | 54 | #269 |
| 1904 | — | — | 44 | #289 |
| 1903 | — | — | 33 | #335 |
| 1902 | — | — | 42 | #296 |
| 1901 | — | — | 38 | #282 |
| 1900 | — | — | 57 | #271 |
| 1899 | — | — | 44 | #252 |
| 1898 | — | — | 55 | #236 |
| 1897 | — | — | 44 | #263 |
| 1896 | — | — | 46 | #268 |
| 1895 | — | — | 62 | #221 |
| 1894 | — | — | 61 | #216 |
| 1893 | — | — | 51 | #243 |
| 1892 | — | — | 64 | #220 |
| 1891 | — | — | 49 | #232 |
| 1890 | — | — | 68 | #196 |
| 1889 | — | — | 66 | #198 |
| 1888 | — | — | 70 | #209 |
| 1887 | — | — | 75 | #170 |
| 1886 | — | — | 53 | #232 |
| 1885 | — | — | 92 | #147 |
| 1884 | — | — | 97 | #143 |
| 1883 | — | — | 85 | #153 |
| 1882 | — | — | 104 | #135 |
| 1881 | — | — | 95 | #124 |
| 1880 | — | — | 88 | #155 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).