Hymen
The hymen is a thin piece of mucosal tissue that surrounds or partially covers the vaginal opening. A small percentage of females are born with hymens that are imperforate and completely obstruct the vaginal canal. It forms part of the vulva and is similar in structure to the vagina. The word is from the Greek ὑμήν meaning a thin skin or membrane.
Meaning & Origin of Hymen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The hymen is a thin piece of mucosal tissue that surrounds or partially covers the vaginal opening. A small percentage of females are born with hymens that are imperforate and completely obstruct the vaginal canal. It forms part of the vulva and is similar in structure to the vagina. The word is from the Greek ὑμήν meaning a thin skin or membrane.
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The Story of Hymen
Hymen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1911, with 12 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1918: 31 births, good for #1,256 nationwide. About 67% of every Hymen on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Hymen last appeared in the published SSA data in 1931, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 285 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Hymen
Hymen is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 285 births in the dataset. Hymen's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #1,256. Use the chart and map above to compare Hymen'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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