Hermon

Where Hermon comes from

The dictionaries list Hermon as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1862
    Hermon Carey Bumpus born
    American biologist and academic administrator
  2. 1866
    Hermon Atkins MacNeil born
    American artist
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1905
    Peak, #507
    20 babies named Hermon — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,784.
  6. 2021
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Hermon Atkins MacNeil · American artist, 1866–1947
  • Hermon Carey Bumpus · American biologist and academic administrator, 1862–1943
  • Hermon Phillips · American sprinter, 1903–1986
  • Hermon Henry Cook · Canadian politician, 1837–1914

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.