Hermon

Where Hermon comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Hermon.

Hermon through the years
  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, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1905
    Peak, #507
    20 babies named Hermon, its best rank.
  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 on, more girls have.
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.