Hernan is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1995 and has grown less common since.
Hernan is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,064 for boy births in the United States (and #4,405 across all names), given to 72 babies. Hernan first appears in 1921 and peaked in 1995 (186 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | 72 | #2,064 |
| 2024 | 67 | 67 | #2,176 |
| 2023 | 72 | 72 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 79 | 79 | #1,958 |
| 2021 | 76 | 76 | #1,968 |
| 2020 | 80 | 80 | #1,854 |
| 2019 | 81 | 81 | #1,856 |
| 2018 | 64 | 64 | #2,180 |
| 2017 | 58 | 58 | #2,285 |
| 2016 | 76 | 76 | #1,931 |
| 2015 | 65 | 65 | #2,140 |
| 2014 | 79 | 79 | #1,861 |
| 2013 | 76 | 76 | #1,871 |
| 2012 | 88 | 88 | #1,717 |
| 2011 | 94 | 94 | #1,622 |
| 2010 | 101 | 101 | #1,567 |
| 2009 | 88 | 88 | #1,747 |
| 2008 | 123 | 123 | #1,382 |
| 2007 | 113 | 113 | #1,437 |
| 2006 | 124 | 124 | #1,326 |
| 2005 | 131 | 131 | #1,211 |
| 2004 | 115 | 115 | #1,298 |
| 2003 | 135 | 135 | #1,127 |
| 2002 | 147 | 152 | #1,046 |
| 2001 | 158 | 158 | #974 |
| 2000 | 153 | 164 | #976 |
| 1999 | 152 | 159 | #953 |
| 1998 | 154 | 161 | #923 |
| 1997 | 164 | — | #861 |
| 1996 | 177 | — | #814 |
| 1995 | 186 | — | #786 |
| 1994 | 155 | — | #862 |
| 1993 | 146 | — | #882 |
| 1992 | 169 | — | #805 |
| 1991 | 146 | — | #871 |
| 1990 | 121 | — | #941 |
| 1989 | 76 | — | #1,232 |
| 1988 | 65 | — | #1,275 |
| 1987 | 55 | — | #1,348 |
| 1986 | 53 | — | #1,349 |
| 1985 | 39 | — | #1,627 |
| 1984 | 44 | — | #1,451 |
| 1983 | 38 | — | #1,574 |
| 1982 | 33 | — | #1,747 |
| 1981 | 50 | — | #1,315 |
| 1980 | 32 | — | #1,781 |
| 1979 | 40 | — | #1,500 |
| 1978 | 35 | — | #1,606 |
| 1977 | 42 | — | #1,415 |
| 1976 | 34 | — | #1,582 |
| 1975 | 28 | — | #1,763 |
| 1974 | 34 | — | #1,505 |
| 1973 | 34 | — | #1,480 |
| 1972 | 28 | — | #1,662 |
| 1971 | 34 | — | #1,476 |
| 1970 | 33 | — | #1,477 |
| 1969 | 17 | — | #2,079 |
| 1968 | 18 | — | #1,918 |
| 1967 | 17 | — | #1,939 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | #2,697 |
| 1965 | 16 | — | #2,027 |
| 1964 | 17 | — | #2,010 |
| 1963 | 14 | — | #2,246 |
| 1962 | 22 | — | #1,728 |
| 1961 | 22 | — | #1,760 |
| 1960 | 14 | — | #2,259 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #2,917 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | #2,308 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | #2,727 |
| 1956 | 10 | — | #2,700 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #2,859 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | #3,278 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | #3,250 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | #2,763 |
| 1951 | 10 | — | #2,560 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | #3,135 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #3,896 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | #2,759 |
| 1944 | 10 | — | #2,377 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #3,076 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | #3,311 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | #3,325 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,128 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #4,638 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | #4,630 |