Meaning and history
Hermione is derived from the name of the Greek messenger god Hermes. In Greek mythology, Hermione was the daughter of Menelaus and Helen, and the name also belongs to the wife of Leontes in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale (1610). It is now especially associated with Hermione Granger, a character in the Harry Potter series, first published in 1997.
20062006: 74 births, rank #2,485
2007: 67 births, rank #2,710
2008: 61 births, rank #2,887
2009: 47 births, rank #3,460
2010: 37 births, rank #4,023
20112011: 55 births, rank #3,051
2012: 52 births, rank #3,169
2013: 47 births, rank #3,367
2014: 57 births, rank #2,969
2015: 57 births, rank #3,001
20162016: 71 births, rank #2,517
2017: 80 births, rank #2,302
2018: 79 births, rank #2,302
2019: 90 births, rank #2,090
2020: 93 births, rank #2,005
20212021: 71 births, rank #2,484
2022: 117 births, rank #1,763
2023: 101 births, rank #1,946
2024: 122 births, rank #1,676
20252025: 95 births, rank #2,002
In 2025, 95 babies were recorded with the name Hermione, ranking #2,002 among girls.