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Baby name
Herman
Boy
Origin of the name
Herman comes from the Germanic heri, “army,” and man, “man”: “soldier.”
Classic name
135,977births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 64rank at its peak, in 1921
Where babies named Herman are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Herman is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Herman is most common in Louisiana (2.8 times), Mississippi (2.6) and Arkansas (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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