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Hernan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 72 in 2025. Its best rank was #786 in 1995.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #786 in 1995; #2,064 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Hernan in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,064 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1995, at #786.
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Hernan: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 72 boys in 2025. Peak: #786 in 1995 · most boys in one year: 186 (1995).
In 2025, 72 US boys were named Hernan, making it the 2,064th most common boys’ name of the year, up 112 places from #2,176 in 2024. That is 5 more than the 67 boys named Hernan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #786, reached in 1995. That year also had the most boys given the name: 186. For comparison, it was #2,140 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Hernan in 85 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1921 with 5 babies. In all, 5,230 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 1,570 babies named Hernan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 725 US boys were named Hernan; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 81. In 2025 that was about 1 in 23,723 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Hernan ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #1,145 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 19 | #1,145 | #1,125 |
| California | 13 | #1,385 | #1,281 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 72 | #2,064 |
| 2024 | — | — | 67 | #2,176 |
| 2023 | — | — | 72 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | — | — | 79 | #1,958 |
| 2021 | — | — | 76 | #1,968 |
| 2020 | — | — | 80 | #1,854 |
| 2019 | — | — | 81 | #1,856 |
| 2018 | — | — | 64 | #2,180 |
| 2017 | — | — | 58 | #2,285 |
| 2016 | — | — | 76 | #1,931 |
| 2015 | — | — | 65 | #2,140 |
| 2014 | — | — | 79 | #1,861 |
| 2013 | — | — | 76 | #1,871 |
| 2012 | — | — | 88 | #1,717 |
| 2011 | — | — | 94 | #1,622 |
| 2010 | — | — | 101 | #1,567 |
| 2009 | — | — | 88 | #1,747 |
| 2008 | — | — | 123 | #1,382 |
| 2007 | — | — | 113 | #1,437 |
| 2006 | — | — | 124 | #1,326 |
| 2005 | — | — | 131 | #1,211 |
| 2004 | — | — | 115 | #1,298 |
| 2003 | — | — | 135 | #1,127 |
| 2002 | — | — | 147 | #1,046 |
| 2001 | — | — | 158 | #974 |
| 2000 | — | — | 153 | #976 |
| 1999 | — | — | 152 | #953 |
| 1998 | — | — | 154 | #923 |
| 1997 | — | — | 164 | #861 |
| 1996 | — | — | 177 | #814 |
| 1995 | — | — | 186 | #786 |
| 1994 | — | — | 155 | #862 |
| 1993 | — | — | 146 | #882 |
| 1992 | — | — | 169 | #805 |
| 1991 | — | — | 146 | #871 |
| 1990 | — | — | 121 | #941 |
| 1989 | — | — | 76 | #1,232 |
| 1988 | — | — | 65 | #1,275 |
| 1987 | — | — | 55 | #1,348 |
| 1986 | — | — | 53 | #1,349 |
| 1985 | — | — | 39 | #1,627 |
| 1984 | — | — | 44 | #1,451 |
| 1983 | — | — | 38 | #1,574 |
| 1982 | — | — | 33 | #1,747 |
| 1981 | — | — | 50 | #1,315 |
| 1980 | — | — | 32 | #1,781 |
| 1979 | — | — | 40 | #1,500 |
| 1978 | — | — | 35 | #1,606 |
| 1977 | — | — | 42 | #1,415 |
| 1976 | — | — | 34 | #1,582 |
| 1975 | — | — | 28 | #1,763 |
| 1974 | — | — | 34 | #1,505 |
| 1973 | — | — | 34 | #1,480 |
| 1972 | — | — | 28 | #1,662 |
| 1971 | — | — | 34 | #1,476 |
| 1970 | — | — | 33 | #1,477 |
| 1969 | — | — | 17 | #2,079 |
| 1968 | — | — | 18 | #1,918 |
| 1967 | — | — | 17 | #1,939 |
| 1966 | — | — | 10 | #2,697 |
| 1965 | — | — | 16 | #2,027 |
| 1964 | — | — | 17 | #2,010 |
| 1963 | — | — | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1962 | — | — | 22 | #1,728 |
| 1961 | — | — | 22 | #1,760 |
| 1960 | — | — | 14 | #2,259 |
| 1959 | — | — | 9 | #2,917 |
| 1958 | — | — | 13 | #2,308 |
| 1957 | — | — | 10 | #2,727 |
| 1956 | — | — | 10 | #2,700 |
| 1955 | — | — | 9 | #2,859 |
| 1954 | — | — | 7 | #3,278 |
| 1953 | — | — | 7 | #3,250 |
| 1952 | — | — | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1951 | — | — | 10 | #2,560 |
| 1949 | — | — | 7 | #3,135 |
| 1948 | — | — | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1947 | — | — | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1944 | — | — | 10 | #2,377 |
| 1943 | — | — | 7 | #3,076 |
| 1937 | — | — | 6 | #3,311 |
| 1936 | — | — | 6 | #3,325 |
| 1933 | — | — | 7 | #3,128 |
| 1924 | — | — | 5 | #4,638 |
| 1921 | — | — | 5 | #4,630 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).