Herma · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Herma.

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Its story

Popularity since 1884

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 66 recorded years as a table

Herma, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1884	39
1887	41
1889	56
1890	26
1895	30
1896	21
1898	19
1899	39
1900	40
1901	29
1902	23
1904	44
1905	21
1906	20
1907	28
1908	27
1909	37
1910	43
1911	19
1912	22
1913	35
1914	24
1915	12
1916	20
1917	16
1918	28
1919	19
1920	18
1921	23
1922	12
1923	17
1924	18
1925	20
1926	17
1927	15
1928	17
1929	18
1930	17
1931	12
1932	11
1933	24
1934	18
1935	15
1936	15
1937	19
1938	13
1939	9
1940	15
1941	12
1942	9
1943	10
1944	8
1945	6
1946	9
1947	9
1948	6
1949	5
1950	4
1951	3
1952	3
1953	3
1955	3
1956	2
1957	2
1959	3
1964	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Herma isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1964: 5
Rank in 1964: #6,767
How rare: 1 in 378,970 girls
Since 1884: 861

Herma was last recorded in 1964. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1889, at 56 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Herma doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.