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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #507, 1905boys
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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
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.

Where Hermon is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1886

boys
#605
10 births · 1 in 11,078 boys

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #605Hermon10
More about 1886

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 11,078 of them was named Hermon, which outranked 45.5% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hermon
  1. #578Wilburn11
  2. #578Willian11
  3. #578Woodie11
  4. #605Hermon10
  5. #605Ace10
  6. #605Alice10
  7. #605Aloysius10
  8. #647Alf9
  9. #647Alois9
  10. #647Alphonso9

Tied with 41 names at #605; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 505Thornton#936 → #431
  2. ↑ 485Oswald#936 → #451
  3. ↑ 445Evans#936 → #491
  4. ↑ 396Grace#936 → #540
  5. ↑ 385Abel#836 → #451
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Adelbert#462 → #959
  2. ↓ 438Carey#521 → #959
  3. ↓ 412Santiago#547 → #959
  4. ↓ 382Brooks#577 → #959
  5. ↓ 355Alma#604 → #959

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

See the top 100 for 1886 →