The first name Lyman

In 2025, 6 boys born in the United States were named Lyman, the 11,484th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1917, when 220 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Lyman Spitzer
  American astronomer (1914–1997)
• Lyman Abbott
  American theologian, editor, author (1835–1922)
• Lyman Lemnitzer
  American general (1899–1988)
• Lyman James Briggs
  American engineer (1874–1963)
• Lyman Hall
  American physician (1724-1790)
• Lyman Beecher
  American Presbyterian minister and American Temperance Society co-founder (1775–1863)
• Lyman Hine
  Bobsledder (1888–1930)
• Lyman J. Gage
  American financier and 42nd Secretary of the Treasury (1836–1927)
• Vernon Lyman Kellogg
  American entomologist, evolutionary biologist, science administrator and author (1867-1937
• Lyman Ward
  Actor, born 1941
• Lyman Page
  American astronomer, physicist, and university teacher (born 1957)
• Ray Lyman Wilbur
  American physician and politician (1875–1949); president of Stanford University from 1933

Is Lyman a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 8,559 US babies named Lyman since 1880 were boys.

When was Lyman most popular?

1917 in the United States, when 220 babies were named Lyman, its highest rank at 381st.

How do you pronounce Lyman?

Lyman is /ˈlaɪ.mən/, 2 syllables.

What are other spellings of Lyman?

Lymon and Liman.

Is Lyman also a surname?

Yes. Lyman is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.