Hermon — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hermon

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,966 babies named Hermon between 1880 and 2018, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hermon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 114 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hermon performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 970 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Hermon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 289 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Hermon in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hermon 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 3,966 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.