boys:
5.1k births since 1921
#1683 (63rd percentile)
overall:
5.1k births since 1921
#3828 (51st percentile)
The name Hernan is the #3,828 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,088 recorded births since 1921. This represents the 50.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 50.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,683 (63.3% percentile) for all time with 5,088 births since 1921.
Hernan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1921 (first recorded for boys in 1921). Birth data for Hernan is available in 83 out of the 103 years between 1921 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Hernan reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 22.4% percentile (ranked #621) with 92 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 92 births per million (ranked 22.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Hernan ranks #845 for boys (7.3% percentile) with 39 births per million, which is 41.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hernan".
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Our model has identified 17 different pronunciations for the name Hernan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 15.1% confident that Hernan is pronounced as er-NAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is her-NUHN, at 15.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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