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
- Peak · boys
- 1905 · 20 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,966since 1880
Hermon over time
Rank among boys' names. Hermon has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | #7,885 | 13 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,366 | 12 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,975 | 17 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,115 | 15 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,757 | 21 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,322 | 13 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,812 | 20 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,665 | 23 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,483 | 28 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,583 | 25 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,218 | 39 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,240 | 37 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,268 | 35 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,139 | 42 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,044 | 48 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,070 | 45 | |
| 1950 | — | #865 | 63 | |
| 1949 | — | #985 | 50 | |
| 1948 | — | #954 | 53 | |
| 1947 | — | #984 | 52 | |
| 1946 | — | #952 | 49 | |
| 1945 | — | #782 | 62 | |
| 1944 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1943 | — | #837 | 62 | |
| 1942 | — | #760 | 71 | |
| 1941 | — | #751 | 68 | |
| 1940 | — | #694 | 76 | |
| 1939 | — | #717 | 69 | |
| 1938 | — | #638 | 88 | |
| 1937 | — | #621 | 87 | |
| 1936 | — | #780 | 61 | |
| 1935 | — | #647 | 84 | |
| 1934 | — | #592 | 99 | |
| 1933 | — | #650 | 80 | |
| 1932 | — | #651 | 87 | |
| 1931 | — | #626 | 90 | |
| 1930 | — | #621 | 98 | |
| 1929 | — | #606 | 99 | |
| 1928 | — | #676 | 87 | |
| 1927 | — | #662 | 92 | |
| 1926 | — | #663 | 90 | |
| 1925 | — | #645 | 97 | |
| 1924 | — | #686 | 90 | |
| 1923 | — | #687 | 88 | |
| 1922 | — | #608 | 113 | |
| 1921 | — | #642 | 100 | |
| 1920 | — | #583 | 114 | |
| 1919 | — | #638 | 91 | |
| 1918 | — | #637 | 93 | |
| 1917 | — | #687 | 77 | |
| 1916 | — | #685 | 75 | |
| 1915 | — | #637 | 83 | |
| 1914 | — | #599 | 71 | |
| 1913 | — | #759 | 38 | |
| 1912 | — | #755 | 33 | |
| 1911 | — | #533 | 31 | |
| 1910 | — | #677 | 19 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #779 | 12 | |
| 1907 | — | #511 | 21 | |
| 1906 | — | #590 | 16 | |
| 1905 | — | #507 | 20 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | #734 | 10 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
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 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#234 · 1 in 1,756
- Mississippi#243 · 1 in 2,071
- South Carolina#265 · 1 in 2,401
- North Carolina#267 · 1 in 2,503
- Virginia#327 · 1 in 3,684
Best ever in a state: #196 in Arkansas, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #234 | 10 | 1 in 1,756 |
| Mississippi | #243 | 10 | 1 in 2,071 |
| South Carolina | #265 | 8 | 1 in 2,401 |
| North Carolina | #267 | 14 | 1 in 2,503 |
| Virginia | #327 | 6 | 1 in 3,684 |
| Georgia | #356 | 7 | 1 in 4,157 |
| Kentucky | #409 | 5 | 1 in 5,142 |
| Alabama | #410 | 6 | 1 in 4,614 |
| Louisiana | #411 | 5 | 1 in 4,035 |
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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.
See more about Hermon
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 376 spots in 1897 (#1,101 → #725)
- Biggest drop: 293 spots in 1899 (#635 → #928)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1905 at #507 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 61 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1897–1950
- 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%)
- 24.5% of all boys named Hermon (970) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 50 | #605 (1886) | #777 |
| 1890s | 82 | #635 (1898) | #794 |
| 1900s | 139 | #507 (1905) | #669 |
| 1910s | 611 | #533 (1911) | #661 |
| 1920s | 970 | #583 (1920) | #646 |
| 1930s | 843 | #592 (1934) | #654 |
| 1940s | 599 | #694 (1940) | #854 |
| 1950s | 385 | #865 (1950) | #1,258 |
| 1960s | 133 | #1,757 (1962) | #2,425 |
| 1970s | 72 | #3,071 (1970) | #3,587 |
| 1980s | 30 | #3,601 (1981) | #5,406 |
| 1990s | 14 | #6,228 (1993) | #7,010 |
| 2000s | 27 | #9,871 (2008) | #11,264 |
| 2010s | 11 | #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 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 12,260 of them was named Hermon, which outranked 84.6% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).