Hebrew origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “life”
Anglicisation of Hyam, from Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayím, “life”).
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: HymanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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Hyman
“life”
Language context for this entry: English
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- Origin
- Hebrew
- 1 language context
- English
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- 4 cited sources Source-reported
01 / Meaning & origin
About Hyman
Hyman is a masculine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Hebrew חַיִּים, with the stated meaning “life”.
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French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDe l’hébreu חיים, hayim (« la vie »).
De l’hébreu חיים, hayim (« la vie »).
Sources for this account (1)
- French Wiktionary: HymanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
02 / Across borders
Where Hyman is used
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United States
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United States, 2014: 7 boys (rank 9642). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Popularity over time
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
United States
1880–2025 Spelling: Hyman
Recorded category boys
- Latest · 2014
- 7
- applications
- Rank #9,642
- Peak year
- 1916
- 379 applications
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
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| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 6 | 809 | observed |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | 5 | 892 | observed |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | 8 | 722 | observed |
| 1890 | 6 | 884 | observed |
| 1891 | 6 | 841 | observed |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | 11 | 615 | observed |
| 1894 | 12 | 594 | observed |
| 1895 | 12 | 609 | observed |
| 1896 | 12 | 641 | observed |
| 1897 | 15 | 515 | observed |
| 1898 | 21 | 435 | observed |
| 1899 | 11 | 613 | observed |
| 1900 | 22 | 490 | observed |
| 1901 | 19 | 433 | observed |
| 1902 | 14 | 583 | observed |
| 1903 | 21 | 451 | observed |
| 1904 | 26 | 409 | observed |
| 1905 | 34 | 355 | observed |
| 1906 | 40 | 323 | observed |
| 1907 | 46 | 313 | observed |
| 1908 | 54 | 296 | observed |
| 1909 | 81 | 244 | observed |
| 1910 | 60 | 318 | observed |
| 1911 | 137 | 214 | observed |
| 1912 | 255 | 215 | observed |
| 1913 | 280 | 222 | observed |
| 1914 | 336 | 232 | observed |
| 1915 | 378 | 247 | observed |
| 1916 | 379 | 253 | observed |
| 1917 | 328 | 285 | observed |
| 1918 | 333 | 302 | observed |
| 1919 | 292 | 330 | observed |
| 1920 | 269 | 365 | observed |
| 1921 | 240 | 391 | observed |
| 1922 | 242 | 388 | observed |
| 1923 | 221 | 403 | observed |
| 1924 | 165 | 481 | observed |
| 1925 | 131 | 536 | observed |
| 1926 | 118 | 567 | observed |
| 1927 | 129 | 543 | observed |
| 1928 | 87 | 676 | observed |
| 1929 | 69 | 771 | observed |
| 1930 | 53 | 915 | observed |
| 1931 | 75 | 697 | observed |
| 1932 | 38 | 1,090 | observed |
| 1933 | 20 | 1,540 | observed |
| 1934 | 39 | 1,038 | observed |
| 1935 | 22 | 1,453 | observed |
| 1936 | 20 | 1,505 | observed |
| 1937 | 19 | 1,576 | observed |
| 1938 | 27 | 1,275 | observed |
| 1939 | 18 | 1,578 | observed |
| 1940 | 18 | 1,627 | observed |
| 1941 | 21 | 1,485 | observed |
| 1942 | 24 | 1,421 | observed |
| 1943 | 18 | 1,699 | observed |
| 1944 | 9 | 2,467 | observed |
| 1945 | 14 | 1,852 | observed |
| 1946 | 28 | 1,327 | observed |
| 1947 | 19 | 1,733 | observed |
| 1948 | 20 | 1,656 | observed |
| 1949 | 17 | 1,820 | observed |
| 1950 | 24 | 1,499 | observed |
| 1951 | 36 | 1,218 | observed |
| 1952 | 20 | 1,701 | observed |
| 1953 | 26 | 1,480 | observed |
| 1954 | 19 | 1,762 | observed |
| 1955 | 25 | 1,538 | observed |
| 1956 | 17 | 1,945 | observed |
| 1957 | 16 | 2,019 | observed |
| 1958 | 18 | 1,896 | observed |
| 1959 | 11 | 2,530 | observed |
| 1960 | 16 | 2,042 | observed |
| 1961 | 14 | 2,242 | observed |
| 1962 | 10 | 2,673 | observed |
| 1963 | 9 | 2,858 | observed |
| 1964 | 15 | 2,114 | observed |
| 1965 | 11 | 2,476 | observed |
| 1966 | 12 | 2,327 | observed |
| 1967 | 7 | 3,231 | observed |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | 6 | 3,935 | observed |
| 1970 | 9 | 3,282 | observed |
| 1971 | 7 | 3,963 | observed |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | 8 | 3,694 | observed |
| 1974 | 8 | 3,837 | observed |
| 1975 | 8 | 3,941 | observed |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | 6 | 5,123 | observed |
| 1978 | 7 | 4,554 | observed |
| 1979 | 6 | 5,355 | observed |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | 8 | 4,509 | observed |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | 6 | 5,561 | observed |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,523 | observed |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,178 | observed |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | 5 | 10,556 | observed |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,642 | observed |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
About this dataset and its counting rules
Statistics count the spelling “Hyman” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
- Universe
- US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
- Rounding
- Integer application counts retained without rounding.
- Suppression
- Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
- Ranking
- computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
History
Notable bearers
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Hyman G. Rickover
1900–1986United States admiral; Father of the Nuclear Navy (1900–1986)
Hyman Minsky
1919–1996American economist (1919–1996)
Harold Arlen
1905–1986American composer of popular music (1905-1986)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Paul Bley
1932–2016Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist (1932-2016)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
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06 / Behind the facts
Sources for this page
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.
Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms4
- Wikidata Q20155854CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Wiktionary: HymanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- French Wiktionary: HymanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Wiktionary: HymieCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.