How rare is the name Hernan?

10,838 people in the United States have the first name Hernan, about 1 in 27,868. It ranks #2,337 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HERNAN

#2,337

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,838
About
1 in 27,868
This common or more
79.4%
Who bears it

Of the 10,838 people named Hernan, 96.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% as White and 1.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hernan peaked in 1995, when 186 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19212025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
186
In 2025*
72 ▼61%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,230 babies have been given the name since 1921. 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.

Hernan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,011. The largest share of babies named Hernan, 39%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1920s#12,17210
1930s#8,93119
1940s#7,66438
1950s#6,39384
1960s#4,834167
1970s#3,738342
1980s#3,495485
1990s#2,0111,570
2000s#2,7901,287
2010s#4,168782
2020s#4,318446
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–643.7%
Generation X 1965–808.6%
Millennials 1981–9629.7%
Generation Z 1997–1239%
2013 and later18.1%

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.

Where Hernan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hernan has been most common in California (4.1×), Texas (3.9×), and Arizona (3.5×), and least common in New Jersey (0.37×).

3,599 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Hernan

#2,335 Tianna · 10,895#2,336 Patience · 10,871#2,338 Kenna · 10,812#2,339 An · 10,800

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,005 Herman · 42,824#39,388 Hernani · 192

Also a last name

As a last name, Hernan ranks #40,000 of 156,621, with 592 people. See Hernan as a last name

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