How Many People Are Named Hermann?
people named Hermann are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,356,289 people in the US has this name
Based on 731 babies named Hermann in Social Security records from 1880 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
22 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German form of HERMAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hermann in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hermann alive today is about 54 years old, and 47% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 39 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hermann first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 22 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Hermann has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #657, in 1880.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #657 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,201 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hermann alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hermann were born in New York than in any other state: about 1 of those alive today.
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