Hernan — #2170 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hernan

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,155 babies named Hernan between 1921 and 2024, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hernan currently holds the #2170 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 186 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hernan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,569 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Hernan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,472 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Hernan in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hernan 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 5,155 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.