Hermione
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- her-MY-o-nee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,186 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,002 for girls
Hermione is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,186th for girls in the UK (29 babies) and 2,002nd for girls in the US (95 babies).
What does Hermione mean?
Greek: feminine name derived from Hermes
In Greek myth, Hermione is the daughter of Helen of Troy; Shakespeare and J. K. Rowling both gave it to heroines.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Hermione a girl's or a boy's name?
Hermione is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the UK and 95 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hermione in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,186th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 9,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were named Hermione, making it the 1,186th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 639th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 163 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hermione in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,133rd in England and Wales.
Hermione in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #1,186 |
| 2024 | 36 | #1,020 |
| 2023 | 45 | #856 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,211 |
| 2021 | 58 | #711 |
| 2020 | 65 | #639 |
| 2019 | 92 | #498 |
| 2018 | 77 | #585 |
| 2017 | 84 | #557 |
| 2016 | 96 | #497 |
| 2015 | 80 | #588 |
| 2014 | 87 | #542 |
| 2013 | 79 | #576 |
| 2012 | 97 | #494 |
| 2011 | 119 | #424 |
| 2010 | 112 | #430 |
| 2009 | 117 | #409 |
| 2008 | 130 | #380 |
| 2007 | 109 | #416 |
| 2006 | 119 | #385 |
| 2005 | 123 | #357 |
| 2004 | 163 | #286 |
| 2003 | 158 | #288 |
| 2002 | 85 | #423 |
| 2001 | 53 | #588 |
| 2000 | 41 | #674 |
| 1999 | 35 | #738 |
| 1998 | 41 | #668 |
| 1997 | 29 | #854 |
| 1996 | 21 | #1,024 |
How popular is Hermione in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,002nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 95 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 95 girls in the US were named Hermione, making it the 2,002nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,005th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 122 girls. It first appears in the records in 1898.
Half of all the girls named Hermione in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hermione in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #2,002 |
| 2024 | 122 | #1,676 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,946 |
| 2022 | 117 | #1,763 |
| 2021 | 71 | #2,484 |
| 2020 | 93 | #2,005 |
| 2019 | 90 | #2,090 |
| 2018 | 79 | #2,302 |
| 2017 | 80 | #2,302 |
| 2016 | 71 | #2,517 |
| 2015 | 57 | #3,001 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,967 |
| 2013 | 47 | #3,365 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,050 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 47 | #3,459 |
| 2008 | 61 | #2,886 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,710 |
| 2006 | 74 | #2,485 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,861 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,923 |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 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 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,882 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
Names like Hermione
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Phoebe, Maisie, Penelope, Isabelle, Amelie, Isabella, Lyra, Evangeline, Annabelle, Arabella, Persephone, Emilia
Names related to Hermione
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Lainey
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, “Hermione: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hermione, updated 20 October 2026.