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Its wave through time Fading since the 1880s
In the United States 0 10 20 30 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1890 per 100,000 babies of that sex 6,527 babies given this name since 1880 At its height in 1880, about 1 in 4,800 boys 17 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Harmony Girl From the English word harmony, from Greek harmonia 'joining, agreement'. Modern · peak 2019 Hiram Boy Hebrew, the king of Tyre who helped Solomon; possibly short for Ahiram 'my brother is exalted'. Colonial · peak 1881 Hermione Girl A feminine name formed from Hermes, the messenger god. Greece · peak 2020 · forgotten Hermann Boy From Germanic heri 'army' and man 'man'. Middle Ages · forgotten Hermenegildo Boy Visigothic Germanic, from ermen 'whole, great' and gild 'tribute, worth'. Early Medieval · forgotten Hermenegild Boy From Germanic ermen 'whole, great' and gild 'payment, sacrifice'. Early Medieval · forgotten Hormisdas Boy From the name of Pope Hormisdas, ultimately Persian Ohrmazd (Ahura Mazda), 'wise lord'. Victorian · forgotten Herman Boy Fading since the 1910s peak 1914 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.