Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Lyman

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lyman
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1917

Peak era

1917

Peak rank proxy

220

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19172024

Peak year

1917

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

8,553

Lyman is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1917, when 220 boys were named Lyman.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 8,553 Americans have been named Lyman and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1917

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