Hermes

Boy name

Hermes ranks #1,408 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 9 places, 54 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #1,130 for cats.

Hermes's popularity trend

Hermes's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs.

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Year	Share
2025	0.005%
2024	0.003%
2023	0.004%
2022	0.004%
2021	0.001%
2020	0.002%
2019	0.003%
2018	0.002%
2017	0.001%
2016	0.002%
2015	0.001%
2014	0.002%
2013	0.002%
2012	0.002%
2011	0.002%
2010	0.001%
2009	0.001%
2008	0.001%
2007	0.001%

Licensed dogs in our data

across 9 places

Popularity rank

#1,408

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

+1,625

2020 → 2025

Gender split

93% boys

7% girls93% boys

Where Hermes shows up

Hermes's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


AdelaideAustralia	0.1%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.0%
BurnsideAustralia	0.0%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.0%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.0%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.0%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.0%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.0%

Names like Hermes

Hercules Hero Herbie Herman Herbert Hermie Herschel Hershel Herb James Holmes Hershey

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