Hyman vs Hymen
American parents have registered 5,858 Hymans since 1880, against 285 Hymens. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Hyman Hymen
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Hyman has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1880 to 2014. The lead has never changed hands.
The closest they came was 1913, when Hyman had 280 and Hymen had 27.
Side by side
| Hyman | Hymen | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 5,858 | 285 |
| Most in one year | 379 | 31 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 440 | 1 |
| Median age today | 70 | 97 |
| Peak year | 1916 | 1918 |
| Best rank | 253rd boys | 1,256th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1911 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 5,858 | 0 / 285 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Hymens alive today are over 97; half the Hymans are over 70. That is 27 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Hyman New York (9.1×), Massachusetts (3.8×), New Jersey (1.3×)
- Hymen Illinois (12.2×), Pennsylvania (5.2×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
Compare something else
Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Hyman and Hymen.