Lyman
Boy · LY-mun · English
Lyman is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Lyman mean?
English: English surname of uncertain origin
L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was born Lyman Frank Baum.
- Say it
- LY-mun
Is Lyman a girl's or a boy's name?
Lyman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lyman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Lyman, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1917, with 220 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lyman in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1950, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lyman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,677 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,003 |
| 1979 | 26 | #1,991 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,780 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,834 |
| 1974 | 31 | #1,582 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,696 |
| 1972 | 34 | #1,453 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,309 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,178 |
| 1969 | 35 | #1,351 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,230 |
| 1966 | 44 | #1,116 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,163 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,125 |
| 1963 | 58 | #993 |
| 1962 | 64 | #946 |
| 1961 | 53 | #1,067 |
| 1960 | 62 | #963 |
| 1959 | 70 | #913 |
| 1958 | 66 | #935 |
| 1957 | 84 | #822 |
| 1956 | 74 | #867 |
| 1955 | 85 | #791 |
| 1954 | 86 | #767 |
| 1953 | 68 | #867 |
| 1952 | 84 | #765 |
| 1951 | 92 | #723 |
| 1950 | 91 | #717 |
| 1949 | 87 | #737 |
| 1948 | 104 | #662 |
| 1947 | 120 | #624 |
| 1946 | 90 | #681 |
| 1945 | 100 | #607 |
| 1944 | 110 | #585 |
| 1943 | 129 | #557 |
| 1942 | 118 | #566 |
| 1941 | 124 | #529 |
| 1940 | 117 | #544 |
| 1939 | 119 | #524 |
| 1938 | 127 | #514 |
| 1937 | 106 | #563 |
| 1936 | 114 | #537 |
| 1935 | 127 | #509 |
| 1934 | 120 | #537 |
| 1933 | 115 | #530 |
| 1932 | 135 | #493 |
| 1931 | 121 | #527 |
| 1930 | 149 | #485 |
| 1929 | 152 | #476 |
| 1928 | 176 | #455 |
| 1927 | 151 | #495 |
| 1926 | 185 | #446 |
| 1925 | 186 | #440 |
| 1924 | 195 | #437 |
| 1923 | 191 | #440 |
| 1922 | 205 | #418 |
| 1921 | 201 | #429 |
| 1920 | 181 | #448 |
| 1919 | 164 | #462 |
| 1918 | 156 | #472 |
| 1917 | 220 | #380 |
| 1916 | 190 | #402 |
| 1915 | 180 | #400 |
| 1914 | 171 | #360 |
| 1913 | 91 | #451 |
| 1912 | 88 | #416 |
| 1911 | 45 | #432 |
| 1910 | 31 | #501 |
| 1909 | 39 | #388 |
| 1908 | 28 | #463 |
| 1907 | 32 | #396 |
| 1906 | 29 | #400 |
| 1905 | 28 | #404 |
| 1904 | 29 | #379 |
| 1903 | 33 | #330 |
| 1902 | 26 | #388 |
| 1901 | 26 | #359 |
| 1900 | 39 | #350 |
| 1899 | 33 | #306 |
| 1898 | 32 | #339 |
| 1897 | 35 | #311 |
| 1896 | 23 | #407 |
| 1895 | 21 | #426 |
| 1894 | 26 | #358 |
| 1893 | 29 | #323 |
| 1892 | 28 | #357 |
| 1891 | 30 | #305 |
| 1890 | 27 | #335 |
| 1889 | 21 | #388 |
| 1888 | 34 | #308 |
| 1887 | 23 | #340 |
| 1886 | 34 | #294 |
| 1885 | 29 | #312 |
| 1884 | 37 | #284 |
| 1883 | 26 | #324 |
| 1882 | 41 | #267 |
| 1881 | 21 | #360 |
| 1880 | 31 | #299 |
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