Hermia

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Hermia has been given to 33 babies in the U.S. since 1904. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1914, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Hermia, 1918

1 in 434,000

Hermia over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hermia: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hermia means

Hermia is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From the character in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Hermia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Hermia is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 33 girls were recorded with the name Hermia between 1904 and 1918. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1914; its best national rank was #2,007 in 1904.

How common is Hermia?

Hermia had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1918, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1918: 1 in 434,000; 5 of 2,171,052 births
Among girls only: 1 in 232,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1918: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 300,973 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Hermia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1918 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 300,973 children born in 1918 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hermia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hermias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hermia was born before 1916 — so the typical Hermia is around 109 today.

Median birth year: 1916; About 109 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 84.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 84.8% of all recorded uses (28).

Is Hermia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1914 (9)
Years since peak: 111; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,007; 1904

Spellings of Hermia

Hermia is not the most common spelling — Erma is, with 74.2% against Hermia's 0.04%.

Erma74.2%54,949
Herminia5.1%3,757
Hermina2.1%1,587
Hermine2.1%1,534
Hertha2.0%1,453
Vernia1.7%1,288
Terria1.4%1,059
Hera1.3%942

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Hermia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,007; 1904
Peak year: 1914; 9 that year
First recorded: 1904
Last recorded: 1918
All-time count: 33
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Hermia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Herani Hermon Hermoni Herlene Herica Hermosa Romia Jimmia Tramia Wyomia Tammia Tommia Hermena Herline Heron Hermonie Namia Jazmia Chamia Afomia Tremia Hermela Herta Heran

Sibling names for Hermia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Golda Lauretta Era Leatha Leone Mayme Artie Alpha

For a brother

Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Regis

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