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How popular is “Hermes” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hermes” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Hermes” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Hermes” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Hermes” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Hermes” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Hermes” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hermes” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 10 0.000002572 10 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1968 8 0.000002368 8 -100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1980 15 0.000004355 15 -100%
1982 17 0.000004846 17 -100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 -100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 -100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 -100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 -100%
1991 15 0.000003851 15 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 13 0.00000355 13 -100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 -100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 -100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 -100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2006 17 0.000004297 17 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 -100%
2013 16 0.000004389 16 -100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 -100%
2015 13 0.000003513 13 -100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 -100%
2017 13 0.000003635 13 -100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 -100%
2019 25 0.000007203 5 20 -60%
2020 18 0.000005388 18 -100%
2021 30 0.000008855 30 -100%
2022 27 0.000007981 27 -100%
2023 30 0.00000906 30 -100%
2024 28 0.000008412 28 -100%

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