Hermes — #3900 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hermes

The Social Security Administration has registered 660 babies named Hermes between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hermes currently holds the #3900 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hermes performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Hermes shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Hermes in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hermes 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 660 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.