Hiram
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,634 for boys
Hiram is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “high-born”. In 2025 it ranked 1,634th for boys in the US (103 babies).
What does Hiram mean?
Hebrew
“high-born”
A male given name from Hebrew, taken into use by Puritans in the seventeenth century.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Hiram a girl's or a boy's name?
Hiram is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 103 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hiram in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,634among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 103about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 103 boys in the US were named Hiram, making it the 1,634th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,528th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 221 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hiram in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1984. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Hiram in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 103 | #1,634 |
| 2024 | 94 | #1,752 |
| 2023 | 113 | #1,547 |
| 2022 | 104 | #1,652 |
| 2021 | 91 | #1,763 |
| 2020 | 109 | #1,528 |
| 2019 | 92 | #1,713 |
| 2018 | 106 | #1,576 |
| 2017 | 111 | #1,502 |
| 2016 | 90 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 117 | #1,444 |
| 2014 | 100 | #1,576 |
| 2013 | 106 | #1,520 |
| 2012 | 85 | #1,755 |
| 2011 | 74 | #1,885 |
| 2010 | 93 | #1,665 |
| 2009 | 97 | #1,625 |
| 2008 | 93 | #1,655 |
| 2007 | 115 | #1,412 |
| 2006 | 92 | #1,583 |
| 2005 | 87 | #1,582 |
| 2004 | 101 | #1,402 |
| 2003 | 86 | #1,494 |
| 2002 | 67 | #1,720 |
| 2001 | 81 | #1,498 |
| 2000 | 71 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,418 |
| 1998 | 82 | #1,395 |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,435 |
| 1996 | 80 | #1,345 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,412 |
| 1994 | 67 | #1,430 |
| 1993 | 65 | #1,439 |
| 1992 | 64 | #1,424 |
| 1991 | 59 | #1,476 |
| 1990 | 68 | #1,348 |
| 1989 | 68 | #1,322 |
| 1988 | 72 | #1,186 |
| 1987 | 65 | #1,193 |
| 1986 | 77 | #1,057 |
| 1985 | 78 | #1,042 |
| 1984 | 73 | #1,041 |
| 1983 | 83 | #967 |
| 1982 | 78 | #1,023 |
| 1981 | 87 | #964 |
| 1980 | 84 | #982 |
| 1979 | 111 | #826 |
| 1978 | 81 | #961 |
| 1977 | 96 | #866 |
| 1976 | 106 | #809 |
| 1975 | 103 | #818 |
| 1974 | 96 | #820 |
| 1973 | 103 | #783 |
| 1972 | 98 | #808 |
| 1971 | 95 | #828 |
| 1970 | 100 | #809 |
| 1969 | 114 | #732 |
| 1968 | 87 | #794 |
| 1967 | 97 | #751 |
| 1966 | 85 | #785 |
| 1965 | 106 | #721 |
| 1964 | 125 | #689 |
| 1963 | 128 | #685 |
| 1962 | 128 | #685 |
| 1961 | 113 | #719 |
| 1960 | 123 | #703 |
| 1959 | 107 | #737 |
| 1958 | 143 | #643 |
| 1957 | 129 | #670 |
| 1956 | 126 | #672 |
| 1955 | 111 | #695 |
| 1954 | 121 | #658 |
| 1953 | 116 | #656 |
| 1952 | 134 | #607 |
| 1951 | 104 | #681 |
| 1950 | 110 | #663 |
| 1949 | 107 | #663 |
| 1948 | 109 | #646 |
| 1947 | 104 | #677 |
| 1946 | 87 | #695 |
| 1945 | 90 | #636 |
| 1944 | 113 | #577 |
| 1943 | 109 | #604 |
| 1942 | 114 | #582 |
| 1941 | 95 | #620 |
| 1940 | 115 | #550 |
| 1939 | 89 | #617 |
| 1938 | 99 | #590 |
| 1937 | 100 | #575 |
| 1936 | 111 | #545 |
| 1935 | 104 | #566 |
| 1934 | 104 | #579 |
| 1933 | 108 | #550 |
| 1932 | 139 | #487 |
| 1931 | 120 | #529 |
| 1930 | 146 | #490 |
| 1929 | 150 | #479 |
| 1928 | 174 | #457 |
| 1927 | 138 | #521 |
| 1926 | 194 | #435 |
| 1925 | 170 | #465 |
| 1924 | 186 | #447 |
| 1923 | 210 | #413 |
| 1922 | 200 | #424 |
| 1921 | 187 | #450 |
| 1920 | 221 | #397 |
| 1919 | 211 | #399 |
| 1918 | 205 | #410 |
| 1917 | 181 | #419 |
| 1916 | 185 | #408 |
| 1915 | 161 | #425 |
| 1914 | 131 | #417 |
| 1913 | 131 | #363 |
| 1912 | 90 | #408 |
| 1911 | 57 | #368 |
| 1910 | 58 | #324 |
| 1909 | 38 | #397 |
| 1908 | 54 | #296 |
| 1907 | 37 | #366 |
| 1906 | 36 | #346 |
| 1905 | 54 | #268 |
| 1904 | 44 | #288 |
| 1903 | 33 | #330 |
| 1902 | 42 | #291 |
| 1901 | 38 | #277 |
| 1900 | 57 | #271 |
| 1899 | 44 | #251 |
| 1898 | 55 | #234 |
| 1897 | 44 | #263 |
| 1896 | 46 | #265 |
| 1895 | 62 | #220 |
| 1894 | 61 | #216 |
| 1893 | 51 | #241 |
| 1892 | 64 | #219 |
| 1891 | 49 | #229 |
| 1890 | 68 | #194 |
| 1889 | 66 | #197 |
| 1888 | 70 | #209 |
| 1887 | 75 | #168 |
| 1886 | 53 | #232 |
| 1885 | 92 | #146 |
| 1884 | 97 | #142 |
| 1883 | 85 | #153 |
| 1882 | 104 | #134 |
| 1881 | 95 | #124 |
| 1880 | 88 | #154 |
Names like Hiram
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sam Henry William Harvey Ellis Charlie Arthur Otto Harry Ira John Walter
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hiram: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hiram, updated 20 October 2026.