Hermina
Hermina is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 614th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 191671 births
- Best rank
- #614in 1882
- Since 1882
- 1,587people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,587 girls have been named Hermina in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 71 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 71 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1920, and the 1910s alone account for 29%. It has spent 26 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Hermina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 50 | |
| 1890s | 119 | |
| 1900s | 142 | |
| 1910s | 453 | |
| 1920s | 413 | |
| 1930s | 203 | |
| 1940s | 87 | |
| 1950s | 51 | |
| 1960s | 43 | |
| 1970s | 26 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Hermina was the 809th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1916 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Hermina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hortensepeak 1919
- Elmapeak 1918
- Estellepeak 1915
- Albinapeak 1917
- Inezpeak 1920
- Leotapeak 1918
- Edythepeak 1918
- Aldapeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.