Hiram

Boy name

Hiram has been given to 14,456 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1920.

Meaning & origin /ˈhaɪɹəm/

From Biblical Hebrew חִירָם (Ḥirám, “high-born”), possibly from Phoenician, or a shortened form of אֲחִירָם ('aḥirám, “brother of the exalted”).

Origin: Hebrew

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

14,456

Peak year

1920 (221 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -12%

Gender split

All boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Hiram.

14,274 babies since 1881

14,173 babies since 1880

14,940 babies since 1880

15,052 babies since 1898

15,065 babies since 1880

15,349 babies since 1880

13,538 babies since 1880

13,122 babies since 1880

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