Hernan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- er-NAHN
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,056 for boys
Hernan is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “journey + brave”. In 2025 it ranked 2,056th for boys in the US (72 babies).
What does Hernan mean?
Germanic: Spanish short form of Hernando, a form of Ferdinand
“journey + brave”
Hernán Cortés led the 16th-century Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.
Is Hernan a girl's or a boy's name?
Hernan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 72 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hernan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,056th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 72 about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were named Hernan, making it the 2,056th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,849th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 186 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the boys named Hernan in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hernan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,056 |
| 2024 | 67 | #2,169 |
| 2023 | 72 | #2,063 |
| 2022 | 79 | #1,950 |
| 2021 | 76 | #1,963 |
| 2020 | 80 | #1,849 |
| 2019 | 81 | #1,849 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,166 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,269 |
| 2016 | 76 | #1,921 |
| 2015 | 65 | #2,132 |
| 2014 | 79 | #1,857 |
| 2013 | 76 | #1,865 |
| 2012 | 88 | #1,710 |
| 2011 | 94 | #1,620 |
| 2010 | 101 | #1,565 |
| 2009 | 88 | #1,741 |
| 2008 | 123 | #1,380 |
| 2007 | 113 | #1,433 |
| 2006 | 124 | #1,322 |
| 2005 | 131 | #1,208 |
| 2004 | 115 | #1,290 |
| 2003 | 135 | #1,124 |
| 2002 | 147 | #1,043 |
| 2001 | 158 | #972 |
| 2000 | 153 | #974 |
| 1999 | 152 | #949 |
| 1998 | 154 | #920 |
| 1997 | 164 | #857 |
| 1996 | 177 | #809 |
| 1995 | 186 | #782 |
| 1994 | 155 | #859 |
| 1993 | 146 | #880 |
| 1992 | 169 | #800 |
| 1991 | 146 | #866 |
| 1990 | 121 | #933 |
| 1989 | 76 | #1,223 |
| 1988 | 65 | #1,266 |
| 1987 | 55 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 53 | #1,344 |
| 1985 | 39 | #1,613 |
| 1984 | 44 | #1,443 |
| 1983 | 38 | #1,561 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,733 |
| 1981 | 50 | #1,309 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1979 | 40 | #1,487 |
| 1978 | 35 | #1,596 |
| 1977 | 42 | #1,407 |
| 1976 | 34 | #1,571 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,752 |
| 1974 | 34 | #1,501 |
| 1973 | 34 | #1,464 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,648 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,466 |
| 1970 | 33 | #1,461 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 22 | #1,712 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
Names like Hernan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Brennan, Declan, Brayden, Devin, Dylan, Kenan, Ronan, Keenan, Kieran, Logan, Aiden
Names related to Hernan
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Hernan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hernan, updated 20 October 2026.