Lyman was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).
Lyman as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#10,695 (6)
2023
#12,239 (5)
2022
#8,990 (8)
2021
#7,089 (11)
2020
#8,067 (9)
2019
#8,889 (8)
2018
#9,670 (7)
2017
#5,788 (15)
2016
#5,555 (16)
2015
#6,676 (12)
2014
#6,307 (13)
2013
#8,789 (8)
2012
#10,770 (6)
2011
#10,808 (6)
2010
#5,251 (17)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1882 at #267.
Falling over the last five years.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.