How Many People Are Named Hyrum?
people named Hyrum are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 116,292 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,406 babies named Hyrum in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
123 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of HIRAM. This name was borne by Hyrum Smith (1800-1844), an early leader within the Mormon church.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Hyrum in English. Counting Hyrum and these spellings together, about 10,038 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hyrum in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hyrum alive today is about 20 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 25 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hyrum first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2007, to 123 babies. In 2025, 33 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hyrum has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #664, in 1883. In 2025 it ranked #3,469.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,469 |
| Best rank | #664 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,481 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hyrum alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hyrum were born in Utah than in any other state: about 1,145 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hyrum was given 56.3 times as often in Utah, 29.5 times in Idaho and 4.2 times in Arizona.
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