Hermen — boys' name
62 babies named Hermen in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Hermen was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Hermen in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hermen
The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Hermen between 1914 and 1964, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hermen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hermen performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Hermen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hermen 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 62 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.
Hermen at a glance
Last recorded 1964Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hermen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1914
- Peak year (1957)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1964.
62 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 9 births in a single year.
Hermen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 13 births that decade — 21% of Hermen's all-time total
Hermen decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Hermen's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
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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, 1914–1964 (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.