# Hyman (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hyman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “life” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Hymie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,858 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,858 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Anglicisation of Hyam, from Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayím, “life”).

## What it means

Hyman is grouped under life.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 6 | 4,135 |
| 1970 | 9 | 3,381 |
| 1971 | 7 | 4,138 |
| 1973 | 8 | 3,843 |
| 1974 | 8 | 3,983 |
| 1975 | 8 | 4,092 |
| 1977 | 6 | 5,404 |
| 1978 | 7 | 4,737 |
| 1979 | 6 | 5,637 |
| 1981 | 8 | 4,695 |
| 1984 | 6 | 5,869 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,950 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,515 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,223 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,031 |

## People named Hyman

- Hyman Minsky, American economist (1919–1996)
- Hyman Bass, American mathematician
- Hyman Bloom, American artist (1913-2009)
- Harold Arlen, American composer of popular music (1905-1986)
- Paul Bley, Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist (1932-2016)
- Mitchell Parish, American lyricist (1900–1993)
- Hy Zaret, American lyricist and composer (1907-2007)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.