# Hermon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hermon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,059 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,966 / 93 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 20, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 14,315 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14,998 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16,682 |
| 2004 | 5 | 17,082 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,210 |
| 2010 | 5 | 18,001 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,550 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,592 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,597 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,661 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,376 |
| 2025 | 13 | 8,047 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 4,165 |
| 1977 | 8 | 4,334 |
| 1980 | 6 | 5,807 |
| 1981 | 11 | 3,701 |
| 1982 | 8 | 4,763 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,375 |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,434 |
| 1995 | 6 | 8,183 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,208 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,090 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,735 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,052 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,274 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,980 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,294 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Hermon

- Hermon Atkins MacNeil, American artist (1866–1947)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.
