Hermione — #1671 US girls' name
1,744 babies named Hermione in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 91% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Hermione was born in this single decade.
122 babies were named Hermione in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hermione
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,744 babies named Hermione between 1898 and 2024, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hermione currently holds the #1671 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 122 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hermione performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 625 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Hermione shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 224 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Hermione in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hermione 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 1,744 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.
Hermione at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hermione popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1898
- Peak year (2024)
- 122
- Annual births at peak — across 127 years of records
Currently ranks #1671 among girls.
1,744 total births across 127 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 122 births in a single year.
Hermione by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 625 births that decade — 36% of Hermione's all-time total
Hermione decade highlights
- Peak decade 625 births
- Runner-up 504 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Hermione's strongest decade
625 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Hermione by state
Where Hermione concentrates geographically — total births since 1898
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 224 | 12.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 189 | 10.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 77 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 52 | 3.0% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 30 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 18 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 16 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 12 | 0.7% |
224 of 1,744 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.8% of nationwide
- Texas 10.8% of nationwide
- New York 4.4% of nationwide
- Florida 3.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Hermione appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1898–2024 (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.