Herman
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Herman
It's hard to believe now that Herman was once, at the turn of the last century, a Top 50 name, remaining in the Top 100 until 1935, and even harder to imagine it making a comeback. But then again, our parents thought the same thing about Max and Jake. Consider the French Armand or Spanish Armando instead. Notable bearers include writers Herman Melville and Hermann Hesse--and then there was TV's Herman Munster.
Herman is also given to girls.
Pronounced HER-man.
As of October 2026, Herman ranked #9498 in US births in 1980 SSA, peaked at #1143 in 1891.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #1,968 | 73 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #1,708 | 91 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #1,819 | 83 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #2,360 | 55 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #2,176 | 64 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #2,007 | 73 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #2,401 | 55 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #2,789 | 45 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #2,629 | 51 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #2,327 | 60 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #2,641 | 50 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #2,368 | 58 |
World rankings
Herman for boys
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Herman on lists
Famous Hermans
- Herman MelvilleBoy
American novelist
- Herman HollerithBoy
American inventor
- Herman CainBoy
American businessman, author and politician
- Herman Eugene TalmadgeBoy
Sr., American senator and governor of Georgia
- Herman AchilleBoy
Count Van Rompuy, former Prime Minister of Belgium
- Saint Herman of AlaskaBoy
Russian Orthodox missionary
- Herman 'Ze German' RarebellBoy
drummer for German band Scorpions
- Herman IBoy
Duke of Swabia
- HermanBoy
Margrave of Brandenburg,Salzwedel
- Herman IBoy
Margrave of Meissen
- Herman Heine GoldstineBoy
American computer scientist
- Herman KleinBoy
English music critic and author
- Herman KountzeBoy
American banking pioneer
- Herman WoukBoy
American novelist
- Herman Jacob MankiewiczBoy
American screenwriter
- Herman MooreBoy
American former college and professional football player
Herman in pop culture
- Herman CrabBoy
character from video game 'Ace Attorney'
- Herman MunsterBoy
character from the TV series "The Munsters"
- Herman BrooksBoy
main character on TV's "Herman's Head"
- Baby HermanBoy
character in movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
- Herman WellsBoy
character from movie "Kinsey"
- Herman HermannBoy
character on TV's "The Simpsons," owner of Herman's Military Antiques
- HermanBoy
main character in Tchaikovsky's opera "The Queen of Spades"
- Herman MellevilleBoy
monster in "Doug's 1st Movie"
- Herman I VerminBoy
character created by American cartoonist Marc Hempel
- Herman ToothrotBoy
character in computer game Monkey Island
- Herman DietrichBoy
character in the Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark
- "HermanBoy
" comic strip by Jim Unger
- Herman and KatnipBoy
animated cat and mouse duo
- Herman's HermitsBoy
English band
- PeeBoy
wee Herman, character played by American actor Paul Reubens
- Herman PostBoy
mailman in the Garfield comic strip/Franchise & on "Garfield and Friends"
- Herman VerminBoy
character in the Garfield comic strip, Herman is a mouse who moved into Garfield's house in 1999. Herman was first named in 1999 even though he made his first appearances on July 29,1998 and July 30,1998. In the comic it is revealed Herman has a wife and kids, and does not like his brother in law. Herman made appearances in 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2006.
- "Herman the Worm"Boy
popular kids' song