Hiram
Meaning
"exalted brother" (Phoenician Ḥirom); a king of Tyre in the Old Testament
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Hiram peaked in the 1890s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
408 people · the #15,381 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 500,000 · median age 48
Among people named Hiram living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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