Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Hermes

#5,962 most common boys' name of all time · #14,831 across all names · 99% boys / 1% girls · used 1924–2025

Rank among boys
#5,962
Rank overall
#14,831 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
702
Since 2016
226
Peak year
2025 #3,195
Best rank
#2,639 1969
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
19401960198020002020

Hermes first appears in 1924. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 37 37 #3,195
2024 — 28 28 #3,914
2023 — 30 30 #3,739
2022 — 27 27 #4,010
2021 — 30 30 #3,672
2020 — 18 18 #5,085
2019 5 20 25 #4,836
2018 — 9 9 #8,261
2017 — 13 13 #6,394
2016 — 9 9 #8,249
2015 — 13 13 #6,373
2014 — 8 8 #8,914
2013 — 16 16 #5,450
2012 — 14 14 #6,039
2011 — 8 8 #8,889
2010 — 9 9 #8,250
2009 — 12 12 #6,881
2008 — 10 10 #7,817
2007 — 8 8 #9,042
2006 — 17 17 #5,131
2004 — 12 12 #6,206
2003 — 10 10 #6,817
2002 — 11 11 #6,178
2001 — 10 10 #6,541
2000 — 11 11 #6,005
1999 — 9 9 #6,625
1998 — 13 13 #4,937
1997 — 8 8 #6,751
1996 — 13 13 #4,678
1995 — 13 13 #4,586
1994 — 8 8 #6,522
1993 — 10 10 #5,465
1992 — 8 8 #6,251
1991 — 15 15 #3,874
1990 — 7 7 #6,590
1989 — 8 8 #5,798
1988 — 12 12 #3,978
1987 — 14 14 #3,413
1986 — 6 6 #6,157
1985 — 12 12 #3,674
1984 — 10 10 #4,025
1983 — 10 10 #3,960
1982 — 17 17 #2,760
1980 — 15 15 #3,018
1978 — 7 7 #4,730
1976 — 6 6 #5,181
1975 — 7 7 #4,507
1974 — 8 8 #3,982
1973 — 5 5 #5,386
1970 — 7 7 #4,030
1969 — 12 12 #2,639
1968 — 8 8 #3,247
1965 — 5 5 #4,210
1964 — 10 10 #2,795
1963 — 6 6 #3,905
1961 — 6 6 #3,908
1955 — 6 6 #3,785
1924 — 6 6 #4,325