Hiram
About Hiram
Hiram is the kind of forgotten biblical name that adventurous parents who wish to move beyond David and Daniel are beginning to reconsider--even though it has bits of its old stiff-collared image clinging to it, along with a little hillbilly feel as well.
The name belonged to an Old Testament king of Tyre who helped David and Solomon plan and build the temple in Jerusalem, and was a favorite in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, though a couple of well-known bearers dropped it--Ulysses S. Grant was orignially Hiram Ulysses Grant, but he didn't like having the initials H.U.G., and country singer Hank Williams was also born Hiram.
With its definite funk factor, and its friendly nickname Hi, Hiram would make a distinctive choice.
Pronounced HY-rum.
As of October 2026, Hiram ranked #1639 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #124 in 1881.
Editor's take: The name Hiram is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "brother of the exalted one".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,580 | 100 | 52.1 |
| 2015 | #1,447 | 117 | 61 |
| 2016 | #1,730 | 90 | 47.4 |
| 2017 | #1,502 | 111 | 60 |
| 2018 | #1,576 | 106 | 58.4 |
| 2019 | #1,716 | 92 | 51.3 |
| 2020 | #1,534 | 108 | 62.6 |
| 2021 | #1,767 | 91 | 52 |
| 2022 | #1,655 | 104 | 59.6 |
| 2023 | #1,553 | 113 | 66.1 |
| 2024 | #1,763 | 93 | 54 |
| 2025 | #1,639 | 103 | 60.3 |
World rankings
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Hiram on lists
Famous Hirams
- (Hiram) Ulysses S. Grant
18th United States President
- Hiram King "Hank" Williams
American singer
- Hiram Warren Johnson
U.S Senator and governor of California
- Hiram Powers
American sculptor
- Hiram Gill
first U.S. mayor to undergo a recall election
- Hiram Bithorn
first Puerto Rican MLB baseball player
- Hiram Stevens Maxim
American inventor
- Hiram Percy Maxim
American inventor
- Hiram Bingham I
American missionary to Hawaii
- Hiram Bingham III
explorer and U.S. Senator from Connecticut
- Hiram Leong Fong
first Asian,American U.S. Senator (Hawaii)
- Hiram F. Smith
early U.S. Pacific Northwest settler
- Hiram Walker
American inventor of Canadian Club Whiskey
- Hiram Law Bullock
American jazz guitarist
Hiram in pop culture
- Hiram Lodge
father of Veronica Lodge in Archie comics and TV's Riverdale
- Hiram Berry
Rachel's father on TV's "Glee"
- Hiram "Hi" Flagston
character in comic strip "Hi and Lois"
- Hiram Flaversham
Olivia's father in Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective"
- Hiram Baker
doctor on TV's "Little House on the Prairie"
- Hiram McDaniels
five,headed dragon in "Welcome to Night Vale"
- Hiram
a very popular name for Masonic Temples
- Hiram
character in movie & novel "The 19th Wife"
- Hiram Stolowitski
character in Kathy Reich's "Virals"
- "The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
" TV series
- Hiram Roth aka Alistair Fergus
Federation President in 1986 film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- Hiram Burrows
character in the video game Dishonored