Hernan
Hernan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 67 births. Its best rank was 786th, in 1995.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 670.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1995186 births
- Best rank
- #786in 1995
- Since 1921
- 5,155people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,155 boys have been named Hernan in the United States since 1921, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1995, with 186 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 1990s alone account for 30%. It has spent 12 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hernan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 10 | |
| 1930s | 19 | |
| 1940s | 38 | |
| 1950s | 84 | |
| 1960s | 167 | |
| 1970s | 342 | |
| 1980s | 484 | |
| 1990s | 1,569 | |
| 2000s | 1,287 | |
| 2010s | 782 | |
| 2020s | 373 |
In 1995, its biggest year
Hernan was the 786th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1995 were Michael, Matthew, Christopher, Jacob and Joshua. See all of 1995.
Names that rose and fell with Hernan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Darienpeak 1994
- Darianpeak 1994
- Deshunpeak 1994
- Deshawnpeak 1997
- Rayvonpeak 2001
- Traepeak 1993
- Alejandropeak 2001
- Alexandrepeak 2003
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.