Herminia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- er-MEE-nee-a
- Origin
- Latin
Herminia is a girls' name of Latin origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Herminia mean?
Latin: feminine of the Roman family name Herminius
In Tasso's epic Jerusalem Delivered, the princess Erminia falls in love with the crusader Tancred.
Is Herminia a girl's or a boy's name?
Herminia is a girls' name.
How popular is Herminia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1929, with 93 girls. It first appears in the records in 1894.
Half of all the girls named Herminia in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
Herminia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,318 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,666 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,545 |
| 1975 | 33 | #2,411 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,922 |
| 1973 | 36 | #2,171 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,212 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,986 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,396 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,708 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,212 |
| 1966 | 30 | #2,146 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,344 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,914 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,305 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,916 |
| 1961 | 32 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 38 | #1,834 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,851 |
| 1958 | 28 | #2,116 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,587 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,505 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,640 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,343 |
| 1953 | 58 | #1,275 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,385 |
| 1951 | 61 | #1,189 |
| 1950 | 54 | #1,249 |
| 1949 | 51 | #1,277 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,575 |
| 1947 | 47 | #1,336 |
| 1946 | 55 | #1,147 |
| 1945 | 42 | #1,231 |
| 1944 | 49 | #1,114 |
| 1943 | 49 | #1,153 |
| 1942 | 49 | #1,126 |
| 1941 | 47 | #1,065 |
| 1940 | 61 | #915 |
| 1939 | 60 | #903 |
| 1938 | 46 | #1,055 |
| 1937 | 46 | #1,048 |
| 1936 | 50 | #968 |
| 1935 | 68 | #834 |
| 1934 | 50 | #973 |
| 1933 | 51 | #957 |
| 1932 | 62 | #891 |
| 1931 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1930 | 79 | #795 |
| 1929 | 93 | #726 |
| 1928 | 86 | #773 |
| 1927 | 64 | #935 |
| 1926 | 68 | #903 |
| 1925 | 58 | #976 |
| 1924 | 82 | #822 |
| 1923 | 56 | #1,005 |
| 1922 | 51 | #1,059 |
| 1921 | 68 | #892 |
| 1920 | 58 | #959 |
| 1919 | 54 | #967 |
| 1918 | 44 | #1,102 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,183 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,298 |
| 1915 | 49 | #944 |
| 1914 | 32 | #1,059 |
| 1913 | 26 | #1,067 |
| 1912 | 23 | #1,080 |
| 1911 | 25 | #853 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 17 | #923 |
| 1906 | 12 | #1,101 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,297 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,170 |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,027 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,320 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,067 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 11 | #982 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,352 |
Names like Herminia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Herminia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/herminia, updated 20 October 2026.