girls:
5 births since 2019
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
632 births since 1924
#3954 (14th percentile)
overall:
637 births since 1924
#7102 (8th percentile)
The name Hermes is the #7,102 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 637 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 8.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,954 (13.7% percentile) for all time with 632 births since 1924. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2019.
Hermes first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (1924 for boys and 2019 for girls). Birth data for Hermes is available in 56 out of the 100 years between 1924 and 2023 (56 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Hermes has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.2% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Hermes reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #886) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Hermes is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #886 (2.7% percentile) with 16 births per million.
For girls, Hermes reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #945) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hermes".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Hermes. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.7% confident that Hermes is pronounced as HER-meez, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is er-MEEZ, at 9.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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