Meaning and history
Hiram is a name of Phoenician origin, from 𐤇𐤓𐤌 (Ḥirom), meaning “exalted brother.” It was the name of a king of Tyre in the Old Testament, who may have ruled in the 10th century BC. As an English given name, Hiram came into use after the Protestant Reformation and was later brought to America by the Puritans in the 17th century, where it gained some use.
20062006: 92 births, rank #1,583
2007: 115 births, rank #1,412
2008: 93 births, rank #1,655
2009: 97 births, rank #1,626
2010: 93 births, rank #1,665
20112011: 74 births, rank #1,886
2012: 85 births, rank #1,756
2013: 106 births, rank #1,520
2014: 100 births, rank #1,576
2015: 117 births, rank #1,444
20162016: 90 births, rank #1,724
2017: 111 births, rank #1,502
2018: 106 births, rank #1,576
2019: 92 births, rank #1,713
2020: 109 births, rank #1,528
20212021: 91 births, rank #1,763
2022: 104 births, rank #1,652
2023: 113 births, rank #1,547
2024: 94 births, rank #1,752
20252025: 103 births, rank #1,634
Hiram moved from #967 to #969 for boys between 1981 and 1983. Its highest annual birth count came in 1920, with 221 births.