Hiram is of Phoenician origin and is usually explained as a short form of Ahiram, "my brother is exalted". In the Bible Hiram, king of Tyre, supplied cedar for Solomon's temple, and the name was a 19th-century American favorite: Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant. Today it is rare, moving between number 1409 in 2004 and number 1767 in 2021 and ranking number 1639 in 2025 with 103 boys.