How rare is the name Hermelinda?

6,339 people in the United States have the first name Hermelinda, about 1 in 47,647. It ranks #3,346 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HERMELINDA

#3,346

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,339
About
1 in 47,647
This common or more
82.2%
Who bears it

Of the 6,339 people named Hermelinda, 98.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hermelinda peaked in 1953, when 59 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
1953
Births that year
59
In 2025*
11 ▼81%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,039 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Hermelinda by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #2,629. The largest share of babies named Hermelinda, 37.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#8,50918
1920s#3,956164
1930s#3,694151
1940s#2,938256
1950s#2,629422
1960s#3,189348
1970s#4,963226
1980s#8,329133
1990s#11,260124
2000s#14,451120
2010s#25,68244
2020s#22,17133
Greatest Generation 1901–276.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4515.4%
Baby boom 1946–6437.5%
Generation X 1965–8019.3%
Millennials 1981–969.7%
Generation Z 1997–128.6%
2013 and later2.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Hermelinda

#3,344 Kassie · 6,341#3,345 Kimora · 6,340#3,347 Blaze · 6,338#3,348 Chen · 6,337

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hermelinda, most common first.

#16,536 Hermelindo · 680#35,667 Hermalinda · 225#52,745 Hermelando · 105

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