Hyrum
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HY-rum
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,449 for boys
Hyrum is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “exalted brother”. In 2025 it ranked 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Hyrum mean?
Hebrew: variant of Hiram
“exalted brother”
Popular among Latter-day Saints in honour of Hyrum Smith, elder brother of the church's founder Joseph Smith.
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Is Hyrum a girl's or a boy's name?
Hyrum is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hyrum in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 4 boys.
Hyrum in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
How popular is Hyrum in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,449th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33 about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Hyrum, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,094th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 123 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Hyrum than any year since 1995.
Half of all the boys named Hyrum in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hyrum in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,242 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,252 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,094 |
| 2019 | 74 | #1,973 |
| 2018 | 86 | #1,777 |
| 2017 | 88 | #1,746 |
| 2016 | 115 | #1,484 |
| 2015 | 96 | #1,646 |
| 2014 | 101 | #1,564 |
| 2013 | 112 | #1,468 |
| 2012 | 104 | #1,535 |
| 2011 | 100 | #1,565 |
| 2010 | 76 | #1,880 |
| 2009 | 107 | #1,538 |
| 2008 | 113 | #1,452 |
| 2007 | 123 | #1,359 |
| 2006 | 109 | #1,427 |
| 2005 | 103 | #1,430 |
| 2004 | 102 | #1,392 |
| 2003 | 91 | #1,436 |
| 2002 | 78 | #1,568 |
| 2001 | 84 | #1,456 |
| 2000 | 59 | #1,811 |
| 1999 | 49 | #1,963 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,123 |
| 1997 | 51 | #1,833 |
| 1996 | 51 | #1,781 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 34 | #2,302 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,822 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,642 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,967 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 9 | #704 |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 7 | #765 |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 9 | #644 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Names like Hyrum
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adam, Noah, Jacob, Isaac, Eli, Levi, Hudson, Elijah, Caleb, Nathan, Hugo, Ethan
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Hyrum: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hyrum, updated 20 October 2026.