Hermes
Boy · HER-meez · Greek
Hermes is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
What does Hermes mean?
Greek
Hermes was the messenger of the Greek gods and the guide of souls to the underworld.
- Say it
- HER-meez
Is Hermes a girl's or a boy's name?
Hermes is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hermes in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 5 boys.
Hermes in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
How popular is Hermes in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,180among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 102% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Hermes, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. It first appears in the records in 1924.
2025 had the most boys named Hermes of any year since it first appeared, in 1924.
Half of all the boys named Hermes in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hermes in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
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