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Herman
Pronounced /ˈhɝmən/
Rank in 2024
#2,650
Born in 2024
50
Peak year
1921 · #64
Origin
Germanic
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 50 boys were named Herman, about 1 in every 34,306.
- It peaked in 1921 with 3,219 babies, ranked #64.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 135,914 boys have been named Herman since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Herman per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 3.0Greatest1901–27
- 1.7Silent1928–45
- 0.7Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 50,913 babies, 3.05 per 1,000. Silent: 35,550 babies, 1.72 per 1,000. Boomers: 25,485 babies, 0.68 per 1,000. Gen X: 8,670 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,253 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,792 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 780 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Old English here (“army”) + man (“man”) It was revived in the 19th century, partly due to American immigrants from continental Europe where the name has been more popular. Compare the German equivalent Hermann.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- /ˈhɝmən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Herman, CC BY-SA 4.0.