Herma — girls' name

What the Data Says About Herma

The Social Security Administration has registered 861 babies named Herma between 1884 and 1964, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Herma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Herma performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 209 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Herma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 52 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Herma in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Herma in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 861 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.