Hermela — #14225 US girls' name
290 babies named Hermela in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Hermela was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Hermela in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hermela
The Social Security Administration has registered 290 babies named Hermela between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hermela currently holds the #14225 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hermela performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Hermela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Washington, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hermela in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hermela 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 290 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.
Hermela at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hermela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2009)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #14225 among girls.
290 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 23 births in a single year.
Hermela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 125 births that decade — 43% of Hermela's all-time total
Hermela decade highlights
- Peak decade 125 births
- Runner-up 117 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Hermela's strongest decade
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Hermela by state
Where Hermela concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Washington | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 290 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Washington 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Washington accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.