Name meaning & stats
Hiram
Hiram means “high-born” (Hebrew origin). 8,294 US babies since 1940, peak 1958.
What it means
“high-born”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1958
8,294 US babies were named Hiram between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Hiram (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 73% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1958)