Hermela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- her-MEH-la
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Hermela is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Hermela come from?
Ethiopian name of uncertain origin
Is Hermela a girl's or a boy's name?
Hermela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hermela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Hermela, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hermela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Hermela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Hermela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Hermela, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Hermela in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hermela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Hermela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hermela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hermela, updated 20 October 2026.