Herman

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Herman is a masculine given name, from an ancient Germanic name consisting of the elements harja- "army" and mann- "man". Hermine is the feminine form of Herman. It is first recorded in the 8th century, in the forms Hariman, Heriman, Hairman, Herman.

From Wikipedia

Herman first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1956 with 578 babies (rank #41 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Herman

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Herman yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

11,205
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
578
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1955551#43
1956578#41
1957562#43
1958543#43
1959508#49
1960483#51
1961538#46
1962442#63
1963506#54
1964446#64
1965428#62
1966430#61
1967361#70
1968361#69
1969337#81
1970299#87
1971276#88
1972233#94
1973173#112
1974175#107
1975158#114
1976163#119
1977135#129
1978134#133
1979119#145
1980140#132
1981132#140
1982118#148
1983118#145
1984120#145
1985104#157
1986117#149
1987131#145
198898#179
198978#212
1990100#183
199182#215
199272#246
199369#252
199475#240
199559#284
199647#339
199755#298
199853#322
199950#340
200047#346
200157#301
200239#386
200342#356
200424#490
200531#416
200635#376
200725#459
200831#400
200927#411
201029#406
201123#449
201210#693
201317#511
201411#658