Hermon

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · Last seen for boys in 2018 at #10,760
Given to boys 97.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1905 · 20 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,966
since 1880

Hermon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hermon has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #507, 1905boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,88513
2024#7,25115
2023#8,48612
2022#11,2318
2021#10,2929
2020
2019
2018#10,7606
2017#12,2465
2016
2015
2014
2013#16,5475
2012
2011
2010#16,9925
2009
2008#9,8717
2007#15,4916#12,3675
2006#12,0555
2005#11,4725
2004#16,0995
2003#15,7845
2002
2001#10,5565
2000
1999
1998#14,1225
1997
1996#13,5185
1995#7,7926
1994
1993#6,2288
1992
1991
1990
1989#7,9055
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982#4,5938
1981#3,60111
1980#5,5256
1979
1978
1977#4,1648
1976#4,0128
1975#3,07812
1974#3,31810
1973#4,0547
1972#3,3449
1971#3,6588
1970#3,07110
1969#2,68211
1968#3,6736
1967#2,7609
1966#2,7849
1965#2,36612
1964#1,97517
1963#2,11515
1962#1,75721
1961#2,32213
1960#1,81220
1959#1,66523
1958#1,48328
1957#1,58325
1956#1,21839
1955#1,24037
1954#1,26835
1953#1,13942
1952#1,04448
1951#1,07045
1950#86563
1949#98550
1948#95453
1947#98452
1946#95249
1945#78262
1944#84156
1943#83762
1942#76071
1941#75168
1940#69476
1939#71769
1938#63888
1937#62187
1936#78061
1935#64784
1934#59299
1933#65080
1932#65187
1931#62690
1930#62198
1929#60699
1928#67687
1927#66292
1926#66390
1925#64597
1924#68690
1923#68788
1922#608113
1921#642100
1920#583114
1919#63891
1918#63793
1917#68777
1916#68575
1915#63783
1914#59971
1913#75938
1912#75533
1911#53331
1910#67719
1909#75614
1908#77912
1907#51121
1906#59016
1905#50720
1904#8109
1903#73410
1902#7949
1901#55913
1900#64915
1899#9286
1898#63512
1897#7259
1896#1,1015
1895#9786
1894#8577
1893#65010
1892#68810
1891#6359
1890#7398
1889#7228
1888#9176
1887#8196
1886#60510
1885#7008
1884#7647
1883
1882
1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hermon was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hermon
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
  • Biggest jump: 376 spots in 1897 (#1,101#725)
  • Biggest drop: 293 spots in 1899 (#635#928)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1905 at #507 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 61 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1897–1950
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,615
  • Highest: 1 in 6,615 boys born in 1905 were named Hermon (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 302,693 boys born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.5% of all boys named Hermon (970) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s50#605 (1886)#777
1890s82#635 (1898)#794
1900s139#507 (1905)#669
1910s611#533 (1911)#661
1920s970#583 (1920)#646
1930s843#592 (1934)#654
1940s599#694 (1940)#854
1950s385#865 (1950)#1,258
1960s133#1,757 (1962)#2,425
1970s72#3,071 (1970)#3,587
1980s30#3,601 (1981)#5,406
1990s14#6,228 (1993)#7,010
2000s27#9,871 (2008)#11,264
2010s11#10,760 (2018)#11,503

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.

Hermon in 1931

boys
#626
90 births · 1 in 11,552 boys

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #626Hermon90
More about 1931

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 11,552 of them was named Hermon, which outranked 85.5% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hermon
  1. #621Valentine92
  2. #624Eduardo91
  3. #624Fredric91
  4. #626Hermon90
  5. #626Lemuel90
  6. #626Sherwood90
  7. #629Alejandro89
  8. #629Alvis89
  9. #631Cyrus88

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 794Kenton#1,753#959
  2. 420Wyman#1,330#910
  3. 408Jan#1,330#922
  4. 402Leopold#1,399#997
  5. 398Odie#1,299#901
Fallers
  1. 513Artie#976#1,489
  2. 469Arnulfo#892#1,361
  3. 385Rose#832#1,217
  4. 357Ransom#976#1,333
  5. 343Jodie#990#1,333

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

See the top 100 for 1931