Meaning and history
Heřman means “army man” and comes from the Old German elements heri, meaning “army,” and man, meaning “person” or “man.” It was brought to England by the Normans, later fell out of use, and was revived in the English-speaking world in the 19th century. Notable bearers include an 18th-century Russian missionary to Alaska who is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church, though in his case the name is an alternate transcription of German, and the American writer Herman Melville (1819–1891), author of Moby-Dick.
20062006: 102 births, rank #1,492
2007: 95 births, rank #1,621
2008: 101 births, rank #1,571
2009: 94 births, rank #1,665
2010: 76 births, rank #1,881
20112011: 89 births, rank #1,675
2012: 65 births, rank #2,091
2013: 80 births, rank #1,794
2014: 73 births, rank #1,959
2015: 91 births, rank #1,703
20162016: 83 births, rank #1,811
2017: 56 births, rank #2,319
2018: 64 births, rank #2,167
2019: 73 births, rank #2,001
2020: 56 births, rank #2,366
20212021: 46 births, rank #2,732
2022: 51 births, rank #2,616
2023: 60 births, rank #2,315
2024: 50 births, rank #2,637
20252025: 58 births, rank #2,363
Herman moved from #934 to #980 for boys between 1998 and 1999. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 3,219 births.