# Hernán (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hernan/  
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 | 5,230 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,230 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 94 | 1,622 |
| 2012 | 88 | 1,717 |
| 2013 | 76 | 1,871 |
| 2014 | 79 | 1,861 |
| 2015 | 65 | 2,140 |
| 2016 | 76 | 1,931 |
| 2017 | 58 | 2,285 |
| 2018 | 64 | 2,180 |
| 2019 | 81 | 1,856 |
| 2020 | 80 | 1,854 |
| 2021 | 76 | 1,968 |
| 2022 | 79 | 1,958 |
| 2023 | 72 | 2,070 |
| 2024 | 67 | 2,176 |
| 2025 | 72 | 2,064 |

## People named Hernán

- Hernán Crespo, Argentine footballer
- Hernán Gaviria, Colombian association football player (1969–2002)
- Hernán Galíndez, Ecuadorian footballer
- Hernán Medford, Costa Rican footballer
- Hernán Darío Gómez, Colombian footballer and manager
- Hernán Díaz, Argentine footballer
- Hernán Bernardello, Argentine footballer
- Hernán Barcos, Argentine-Peruvian footballer
- Hernán Carvallo, Chilean footballer (1922-2011)
- Hernán Pellerano, Argentine footballer
- Hernán Carrasco, Chilean football manager ( 1923 -2023)
- Hernán Bolaños, Costa Rican footballer (1912-1992)

## 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.