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Hiram
Pronounced /ˈhaɪɹəm/
Rank in 2024
#1,768
Born in 2024
93
Peak year
1920 · #397
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 93 boys were named Hiram, about 1 in every 18,444.
- It peaked in 1920 with 221 babies, ranked #397.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 14,352 boys have been named Hiram since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Hiram per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 3,292 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Silent: 2,080 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,226 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,562 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,154 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,381 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,231 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Biblical Hebrew חִירָם (Ḥirám, “high-born”), possibly from Phoenician, or a shortened form of אֲחִירָם ('aḥirám, “brother of the exalted”).
- A male given name from Hebrew, taken into use by Puritans in the seventeenth century.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈhaɪɹəm/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Hiram, CC BY-SA 4.0.