How rare is the name Hiram?

7,890 people in the United States have the first name Hiram, about 1 in 38,280. It ranks #2,893 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

HIRAM

#2,893

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,890
About
1 in 38,280
This common or more
81.1%
Who bears it

Of the 7,890 people named Hiram, 51.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 30.4% as White and 12.4% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hiram peaked in 1920, when 221 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1920
Births that year
221
In 2025*
103 ▼53%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 14,456 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Hiram by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #379. The largest share of babies named Hiram, 22.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#379825
1890s#607544
1900s#825433
1910s#8781,410
1920s#9471,830
1930s#1,1591,120
1940s#1,3751,043
1950s#1,5301,201
1960s#1,7161,106
1970s#1,976989
1980s#2,574765
1990s#3,355712
2000s#3,611890
2010s#3,608974
2020s#3,509614
Before 19019.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2722.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4514.4%
Baby boom 1946–6415.4%
Generation X 1965–8010.8%
Millennials 1981–968%
Generation Z 1997–129.6%
2013 and later9.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Hiram is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hiram has been most common in Kentucky (3.5×), Georgia (3.2×), and Mississippi (2.6×), and least common in Michigan (0.24×).

7,652 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Hiram

1 other first name also has 7,890 people.

#2,893 Mel · 7,890

Either side of Hiram

#2,891 Bowen · 7,909#2,891 Carmelita · 7,909#2,893 Mel · 7,890#2,895 Mariya · 7,885

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hiram, most common first.

#26,023 Hiran · 361

Also a last name

As a last name, Hiram ranks #107,024 of 156,621, with 177 people. See Hiram as a last name

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