Hiram
Hiram is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 93 births. Its best rank was 124th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 930.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1920221 births
- Best rank
- #124in 1881
- Since 1880
- 14,352people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,352 boys have been named Hiram in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 221 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1949, and the 1920s alone account for 13%. It has spent 103 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hiram | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 825 | |
| 1890s | 544 | |
| 1900s | 433 | |
| 1910s | 1,410 | |
| 1920s | 1,830 | |
| 1930s | 1,120 | |
| 1940s | 1,043 | |
| 1950s | 1,202 | |
| 1960s | 1,106 | |
| 1970s | 989 | |
| 1980s | 765 | |
| 1990s | 712 | |
| 2000s | 890 | |
| 2010s | 974 | |
| 2020s | 509 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Hiram was the 397th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Hiram
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Bertpeak 1918
- Gustavpeak 1917
- Lemuelpeak 1921
- Newtonpeak 1919
- Isompeak 1920
- Enospeak 1921
- Charleypeak 1920
- Benjimanpeak 1921
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.