Hermann

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938

Peak · boys
1880 · 9 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
731
since 1880

Hermann over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hermann has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #640, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024#10,9386
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016#10,7446
2015
2014#12,1085
2013#10,7286
2012
2011#8,7678
2010
2009#12,4915
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999#9,9125
1998
1997#9,2655
1996
1995
1994
1993#7,6386
1992
1991#8,2365
1990
1989
1988#7,2705
1987
1986#6,7215
1985
1984#4,9737
1983#4,4998
1982
1981
1980#5,5256
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975#5,4645
1974#3,8378
1973
1972
1971#3,6588
1970#3,2829
1969#2,86110
1968#4,1365
1967#3,5596
1966#3,9485
1965
1964#2,54611
1963#3,3187
1962#2,8489
1961
1960#3,6656
1959#3,0378
1958#3,2757
1957#3,0248
1956#3,5356
1955#2,30212
1954#3,8275
1953#2,9058
1952#3,7345
1951#3,3646
1950#3,3296
1949#3,0197
1948#3,0107
1947#2,49810
1946#3,1736
1945
1944
1943#2,7328
1942#2,9407
1941#3,5055
1940#1,73616
1939#2,6098
1938#3,1756
1937#1,91314
1936#2,30110
1935#2,12712
1934#2,5639
1933
1932#2,10113
1931#2,32811
1930#2,60910
1929#2,00215
1928#2,8439
1927#1,79619
1926#2,72510
1925#2,01216
1924#2,47312
1923#1,81619
1922#2,80110
1921#2,05916
1920#1,88518
1919#2,26513
1918#2,54311
1917#1,90016
1916#1,50522
1915#1,70717
1914#1,38819
1913#1,31116
1912#1,52711
1911
1910#1,4216
1909#1,2776
1908
1907
1906
1905#1,0916
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898#1,0026
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892#1,0665
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883#8925
1882#8376
1881#7816
1880#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hermann was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1897, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Hermann is popular in 1881

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Hermann
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest drop: 141 spots in 1881 (#640#781)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #640 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1880–1883
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,277
  • Highest: 1 in 12,277 boys born in 1880 were named Hermann (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.7% of all boys named Hermann (144) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s26#640 (1880)#788
1890s11#1,002 (1898)#1,034
1900s12#1,091 (1905)#1,184
1910s131#1,311 (1913)#1,730
1920s144#1,796 (1927)#2,241
1930s93#1,913 (1937)#2,414
1940s66#1,736 (1940)#2,827
1950s71#2,302 (1955)#3,233
1960s59#2,546 (1964)#3,360
1970s30#3,282 (1970)#4,060
1980s31#4,499 (1983)#5,798
1990s21#7,638 (1993)#8,763
2000s5#12,491 (2009)#12,491
2010s25#8,767 (2011)#10,587
2020s6#10,938 (2024)#10,938

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hermann in 1881

boys
#781
6 births · 1 in 16,789 boys

Top boys' names in 1881

  1. #1John8,768
  2. #2William8,524
  3. #3James5,441
  4. #4George4,664
  5. #5Charles4,636
  6. #6Frank2,834
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,339
  9. #9Thomas2,282
  10. #10Edward2,177
  11. #781Hermann6
More about 1881

boys

100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 16,789 of them was named Hermann, which outranked 21.6% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hermann
  1. #706Williams7
  2. #706Worth7
  3. #706York7
  4. #781Hermann6
  5. #781Acie6
  6. #781Alden6
  7. #781Alfonso6
  8. #866Adrien5
  9. #866Albin5
  10. #866Alf5

Tied with 84 names at #781; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. 491Noble#809#318
  2. 449Ivy#909#460
  3. 449Buck#909#460
  4. 376Chin#909#533
  5. 376Ransom#909#533
Fallers
  1. 431Neil#350#781
  2. 378Alvah#403#781
  3. 361Webster#505#866
  4. 356Melville#425#781
  5. 316Hector#465#781

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1881