Herman
Herman is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 50 births. Its best rank was 44th, in 1886, 1893.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 500.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19213,219 births
- Best rank
- #44first in 1886
- Since 1880
- 135,914people given the name
The story in the numbers
135,914 boys have been named Herman in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 3,219 births — 0.29% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 50 births in 2024, against 3,219 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1931, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 120 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 55 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Herman | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,689 | |
| 1890s | 4,232 | |
| 1900s | 5,064 | |
| 1910s | 22,598 | |
| 1920s | 29,011 | |
| 1930s | 20,319 | |
| 1940s | 16,856 | |
| 1950s | 13,833 | |
| 1960s | 8,359 | |
| 1970s | 4,761 | |
| 1980s | 3,124 | |
| 1990s | 1,957 | |
| 2000s | 1,101 | |
| 2010s | 749 | |
| 2020s | 261 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Herman was the 64th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Herman
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elbertpeak 1920
- Horacepeak 1921
- Millardpeak 1922
- Burrellpeak 1919
- Walterpeak 1918
- Freemanpeak 1918
- Clydepeak 1920
- Albertpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.