Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Herman

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Herman
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.4% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

3,219

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

98.4%

2024

All-time

135,914

Herman once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 3,219 boys were named Herman.

In 2024, only 50 boys were given the name.

Down 98.4% from its peak.

All told, about 135,914 Americans have been named Herman and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.4% from peak

19213,219 boys named Herman

202450 boys named Herman

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