Hermione

#2,008 in 2025Girls' name

From Ancient Greek Ἑρμιόνη; literal meaning unconfirmed

Hermione has been given to 1,839 babies in the U.S. since 1898. In 2025 it ranked #2,008 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 122 recorded.

Babies named Hermione, 2025

1 in 34,900

Hermione 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hermione: meaning, origin, and history

From Ancient Greek Ἑρμιόνη; literal meaning unconfirmed

Ancient Greek

What Hermione means

Hermione is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From the Ancient Greek Ἑρμῐόνη (Hermĭónē). Not related to German Hermine.

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Origin, language, and formation

Hermione is used in English. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Hermione comes through Ancient Greek Ἑρμιόνη.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Hermione is pronounced /hɚˈmaɪ.ə.ni/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,839 girls were recorded with the name Hermione between 1898 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 122 in 2024; its best national rank was #1,590 in 1898.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,010 in 2020 to #2,008 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,009 in 2015 to #2,008 in 2025.

How common is Hermione?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 34,900; 95 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 16,900; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #2,008; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 24,190 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Hermione 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 2025 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 24,190 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hermione. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hermiones were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hermione was born before 2015 — so the typical Hermione is around 10 today.

Median birth year: 2015; About 10 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 34.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 90.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 1,701; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 34.0% of all recorded uses (625).

Is Hermione 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: −330; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,001; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.67×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 77.9%; Peak was 2024 (122)
Years since peak: 1; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,590; 1898

Spellings of Hermione

Hermione is the most-used spelling, taking 33.5% of the 5,482 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Hermione33.5%1,839
Hermina28.9%1,587
Hermine28.0%1,534
Ermine9.5%522

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.

Where Hermione is used

Across 2016–2025, Hermione was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 12,500 girls, against 1 in 21,553 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

18 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Texas1 in 12,500
2New York1 in 16,667
3California1 in 20,000
4Florida1 in 20,000
5Maryland1 in 20,000
6North Carolina1 in 20,000
7Illinois1 in 25,000
8Missouri1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Hermione around the world

Where Hermione ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#1,133
in 2025
France
1928–2025
#1,576
in 2025
Canada
2005–2022
#3,322
in 2022
South Australia
1964–2013
#818
in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Hermione by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #2,008
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2
Best rank ever: #1,590; 1898
Peak year: 2024; 122 that year
First recorded: 1898
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 1,839
Count in 2025: 95

Names similar to Hermione

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

Herlinda Hermelinda Herminia Hermina Hermine Herbert Hermela Samone Hertha Herman Symone Hera Hermenia Persephone Heran Antigone Hermila Herberta Herma Cleone Sharone Malone Lavone Hermon

Sibling names for Hermione

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

Leonor Shoshana Nila Kamilah Eloisa Denisse Estela Isha

For a brother

Evans Gray Leander Lucio Linus Arvin Ramsey Wylie

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