Hyman
Hyman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Alan Hyman (1910–1999), English author and screenwriter Albert Hyman (1893–1972), co-inventor of the artificial pacemaker Anthony Hyman (disambiguation), several people Ben Zion Hyman (1891–1984), Canadian-Jewish bookseller Bill Hyman (1875–1959), English cricketer C. S.
- Jewish
Meaning & Origin of Hyman
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hyman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Alan Hyman (1910–1999), English author and screenwriter Albert Hyman (1893–1972), co-inventor of the artificial pacemaker Anthony Hyman (disambiguation), several people Ben Zion Hyman (1891–1984), Canadian-Jewish bookseller Bill Hyman (1875–1959), English cricketer C. S.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Jewish
The Story of Hyman
American parents first put Hyman on the record books as a baby boy name in 1880, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1916, when 379 Hymans were born — ranking #253 that year. About 47% of every Hyman on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Hyman last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Hyman
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Names that sound like Hyman
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About the name Hyman
Hyman is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Hyman's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #253. Use the chart and map above to compare Hyman's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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