Hymie
Hymie is a name with a single cultural origin: Jewish.
- Jewish
Meaning & Origin of Hymie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hymie is a name with a single cultural origin: Jewish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Jewish
The Story of Hymie
Hymie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1912, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1917: 11 births, good for #2,423 nationwide. The 1910s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 50% of all recorded Hymies. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2017 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 113 Hymies have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Hymie
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About the name Hymie
Hymie is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 113 births in the dataset. Hymie's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #2,423. Use the chart and map above to compare Hymie'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.