Hermine

Last seen for girls in 1973 at #6,080

Peak · girls
1893 · 21 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,534
since 1880

Hermine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Hermine has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #630, 1893girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1973#6,0808
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1962#5,2937
1961#5,3097
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1959#6,2455
1958#5,4086
1957#4,2029
1956#4,4678
1955#4,0699
1954#3,32512
1953#4,2268
1952#3,20112
1951#3,28411
1950#3,23511
1949#2,34018
1948#2,97412
1947#2,76914
1946#2,22818
1945#2,33914
1944—
1943#1,99419
1942#1,98119
1941#1,56925
1940#1,63523
1939#1,94717
1938#1,47526
1937#1,63022
1936#1,54923
1935#1,77919
1934#1,40927
1933#1,33029
1932#1,56824
1931#1,28732
1930#1,46028
1929#1,25735
1928#1,13645
1927#1,19442
1926#1,51429
1925#1,40933
1924#1,25840
1923#1,08449
1922#1,46431
1921#1,62527
1920#1,31235
1919#1,42330
1918#1,12643
1917#98650
1916#95951
1915#1,05540
1914#1,02334
1913#98130
1912#1,08023
1911#1,24114
1910#73733
1909#86822
1908#1,20312
1907#1,3849
1906#1,15411
1905#1,16211
1904#1,00113
1903#86216
1902#84917
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1900#1,9325
1899#1,1818
1898#88615
1897#93112
1896#90313
1895#1,1239
1894#78215
1893#63021
1892#83013
1891#83911
1890#72714
1889#1,1476
1888#1,0367
1887#7889
1886#1,1085
1885#9216
1884#9306
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1882#8136
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1880#7386
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hermine was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Hermine is popular in 1917

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedMNIllinois: #507 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,319 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedMINew York: #602 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,201 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedINOhio: #416 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,337 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Hermine, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Ohio#416 · 1 in 6,337
  2. Illinois#507 · 1 in 8,319
  3. New York#602 · 1 in 16,201

Best ever in a state: #263 in Ohio, 1910.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Hermine
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1973
  • Biggest jump: 420 spots in 1890 (#1,147 → #727)
  • Biggest drop: 504 spots in 1911 (#737 → #1,241)
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1893 at #630 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1890–1894
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,138
  • Highest: 1 in 10,138 girls born in 1893 were named Hermine (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 182,276 girls born in 1973 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.9% of all girls named Hermine (366) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s51#738 (1880)#935
1890s131#630 (1893)#883
1900s116#849 (1902)#1,157
1910s348#737 (1910)#1,061
1920s366#1,084 (1923)#1,325
1930s247#1,287 (1931)#1,543
1940s162#1,569 (1941)#2,203
1950s91#3,201 (1952)#4,166
1960s14#5,293 (1962)#5,301
1970s8#6,080 (1973)#6,080

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

Hermine in 1917

girls
#986
50 births · 1 in 21,625 girls

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #986Hermine50
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 21,625 of them was named Hermine, which outranked 81.4% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hermine
  1. #978Leo51
  2. #978Loyce51
  3. #978Lyla51
  4. #986Hermine50
  5. #986Benita50
  6. #986Coletta50
  7. #986Emmer50
  8. #1,002Aida49
  9. #1,002Angelita49
  10. #1,002Carmelita49

Tied with 15 names at #986; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. ↑ 549Georgene#1,445 → #896
  2. ↑ 380Ottie#1,332 → #952
  3. ↑ 365Louis#1,298 → #933
  4. ↑ 334Valentine#1,298 → #964
  5. ↑ 322Harold#1,210 → #888
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Ceola#840 → #1,241
  2. ↓ 373Floretta#964 → #1,337
  3. ↓ 344Buelah#993 → #1,337
  4. ↓ 326Glennie#915 → #1,241
  5. ↓ 290Maye#915 → #1,205

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

See the top 100 for 1917 →