Herman
Last seen for girls in 1980 at #9,095 · #2,363 for boys in 2025, 58 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 455 births
- Debut · boys
- 347 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 55 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 135,977since 1880
Herman over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,363 | 58 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,637 | 50 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,315 | 60 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,616 | 51 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,732 | 46 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,366 | 56 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,001 | 73 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,167 | 64 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,319 | 56 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,811 | 83 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,703 | 91 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,959 | 73 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,794 | 80 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,091 | 65 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,675 | 89 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,881 | 76 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,665 | 94 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,571 | 101 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,621 | 95 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,492 | 102 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,372 | 109 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,251 | 120 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,233 | 117 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,204 | 115 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,143 | 121 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,087 | 129 | |
| 1999 | — | #978 | 146 | |
| 1998 | — | #931 | 151 | |
| 1997 | — | #859 | 164 | |
| 1996 | — | #789 | 184 | |
| 1995 | — | #809 | 174 | |
| 1994 | — | #763 | 191 | |
| 1993 | — | #719 | 207 | |
| 1992 | — | #698 | 219 | |
| 1991 | — | #622 | 269 | |
| 1990 | — | #636 | 252 | |
| 1989 | — | #565 | 294 | |
| 1988 | — | #552 | 277 | |
| 1987 | — | #543 | 282 | |
| 1986 | — | #535 | 276 | |
| 1985 | — | #495 | 309 | |
| 1984 | — | #511 | 277 | |
| 1983 | — | #442 | 351 | |
| 1982 | — | #447 | 361 | |
| 1981 | — | #457 | 330 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #428 | 367 |
| 1979 | — | #395 | 409 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #395 | 382 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #386 | 414 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #366 | 435 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #360 | 457 |
| 1974 | — | #361 | 454 | |
| 1973 | — | #341 | 496 | |
| 1972 | — | #326 | 550 | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #335 | 548 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #317 | 616 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #292 | 667 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #286 | 664 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #281 | 664 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #267 | 753 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #261 | 795 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #253 | 914 |
| 1963 | — | #265 | 844 | |
| 1962 | — | #246 | 999 | |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #247 | 1,010 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #246 | 1,050 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #230 | 1,188 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | #217 | 1,212 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #204 | 1,317 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #201 | 1,326 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #194 | 1,360 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | #186 | 1,416 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #179 | 1,411 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #175 | 1,497 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #167 | 1,541 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #159 | 1,564 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #157 | 1,613 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #146 | 1,837 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | #149 | 1,795 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | #152 | 1,590 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | #146 | 1,417 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #129 | 1,641 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #129 | 1,727 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #122 | 1,787 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #114 | 1,779 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | #113 | 1,670 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | #111 | 1,800 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #108 | 1,900 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | #101 | 1,875 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #105 | 1,816 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | #101 | 1,920 |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 | #97 | 2,011 |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 | #96 | 1,945 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #89 | 2,191 |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 | #83 | 2,263 |
| 1930 | #1,535 | 26 | #78 | 2,598 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | #75 | 2,622 |
| 1928 | #1,738 | 23 | #78 | 2,588 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | #70 | 2,856 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 | #69 | 2,798 |
| 1925 | #1,535 | 29 | #69 | 2,890 |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | #70 | 2,954 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 | #66 | 2,961 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 | #66 | 3,014 |
| 1921 | #1,988 | 20 | #64 | 3,219 |
| 1920 | #1,952 | 20 | #66 | 3,109 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | #61 | 3,027 |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 | #65 | 3,041 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | #58 | 2,974 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 | #56 | 3,043 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #56 | 2,983 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 | #51 | 2,430 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | #53 | 1,905 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | #50 | 1,646 |
| 1911 | — | #49 | 853 | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #52 | 696 |
| 1909 | — | #48 | 618 | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #50 | 562 |
| 1907 | — | #49 | 561 | |
| 1906 | — | #49 | 502 | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #51 | 475 |
| 1904 | — | #47 | 497 | |
| 1903 | — | #48 | 449 | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | #49 | 457 |
| 1901 | — | #51 | 393 | |
| 1900 | — | #49 | 550 | |
| 1899 | — | #49 | 413 | |
| 1898 | — | #50 | 467 | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | #50 | 412 |
| 1896 | — | #49 | 427 | |
| 1895 | — | #49 | 439 | |
| 1894 | — | #48 | 433 | |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 | #44 | 455 |
| 1892 | — | #51 | 421 | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | #47 | 383 |
| 1890 | — | #50 | 382 | |
| 1889 | — | #48 | 405 | |
| 1888 | — | #51 | 403 | |
| 1887 | — | #45 | 394 | |
| 1886 | — | #44 | 418 | |
| 1885 | — | #55 | 326 | |
| 1884 | — | #48 | 385 | |
| 1883 | — | #47 | 359 | |
| 1882 | — | #51 | 348 | |
| 1881 | — | #52 | 304 | |
| 1880 | — | #48 | 347 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Herman was already there! It came in at #48, and was given to 347 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2020–2025, when fewer than 61 boys a year got the name.
Where Herman is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Alabama#228 · 1 in 1,588
- Virginia#232 · 1 in 1,751
- Arkansas#235 · 1 in 1,771
- New Mexico#239 · 1 in 1,281
- Georgia#242 · 1 in 1,708
Best ever in a state: #10 in Alaska, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #228 | 17 | 1 in 1,588 |
| Virginia | #232 | 19 | 1 in 1,751 |
| Arkansas | #235 | 9 | 1 in 1,771 |
| New Mexico | #239 | 8 | 1 in 1,281 |
| Georgia | #242 | 23 | 1 in 1,708 |
| Louisiana | #249 | 24 | 1 in 1,454 |
| Maryland | #249 | 10 | 1 in 2,266 |
| Hawaii | #261 | 5 | 1 in 1,288 |
| Tennessee | #271 | 14 | 1 in 2,347 |
| Mississippi | #278 | 10 | 1 in 1,893 |
| North Carolina | #298 | 14 | 1 in 2,683 |
| South Carolina | #312 | 9 | 1 in 2,340 |
| Florida | #324 | 21 | 1 in 2,607 |
| Missouri | #353 | 9 | 1 in 4,081 |
| Ohio | #364 | 16 | 1 in 5,025 |
| New York | #377 | 29 | 1 in 3,828 |
| Michigan | #382 | 13 | 1 in 5,156 |
| Kentucky | #387 | 5 | 1 in 5,631 |
| Colorado | #397 | 5 | 1 in 4,353 |
| California | #405 | 45 | 1 in 3,994 |
| Pennsylvania | #405 | 11 | 1 in 6,915 |
| Texas | #413 | 35 | 1 in 3,523 |
| Indiana | #416 | 7 | 1 in 5,866 |
| Arizona | #443 | 5 | 1 in 4,185 |
| Illinois | #458 | 16 | 1 in 5,234 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 274 spots since 2024 (#2,637 → #2,363)
- 3 spots since 2020 (#2,366 → #2,363)
- 660 spots since 2015 (#1,703 → #2,363)
- Biggest jump: 20 spots in 1996 (#809 → #789)
- Biggest drop: 109 spots in 2000 (#978 → #1,087)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1893 at #44 (455 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 99 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 55 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 55 yrs · run 1880–1934
- Top 1,000: 120 yrs · run 1880–1999
Share of babies · boys
1 in 247
- Highest: 1 in 247 boys born in 1893 were named Herman (0.41%)
- Latest: 1 in 29,450 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 21.3% of all boys named Herman (29,011) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,689 | #44 (1886) | #49 |
| 1890s | 4,232 | #44 (1893) | #49 |
| 1900s | 5,064 | #47 (1904) | #49 |
| 1910s | 22,598 | #49 (1911) | #55 |
| 1920s | 29,011 | #64 (1921) | #69 |
| 1930s | 20,319 | #78 (1930) | #97 |
| 1940s | 16,856 | #113 (1940) | #136 |
| 1950s | 13,832 | #159 (1950) | #191 |
| 1960s | 8,360 | #246 (1960) | #264 |
| 1970s | 4,761 | #317 (1970) | #358 |
| 1980s | 3,124 | #428 (1980) | #498 |
| 1990s | 1,957 | #622 (1991) | #780 |
| 2000s | 1,103 | #1,087 (2000) | #1,364 |
| 2010s | 750 | #1,675 (2011) | #1,940 |
| 2020s | 321 | #2,315 (2023) | #2,505 |
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.
Herman in 1979
boys
#395
409 births · 1 in 4,209 boys
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 4,209 of them was named Herman, which outranked 94.4% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Herman
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.