Hermione is a distinctive choice, ranked #980 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Hermione in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#980
About the Name Hermione
Hermione has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 376 places in five years. It was most popular in 2003 at #265 â parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Hermione is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school â standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Hermione
Unlikely. With around 36 UK babies named Hermione per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Hermione in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Hermione has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 376 places in the last five years. Its peak was #265 in 2003. Choosing it now means she is likely to be among the last of her generation with this name.
Hermione is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Hermione include: Hermione Lee â Dame Hermione Lee is a British biographer, literary critic and academic.; Hermione Knox, Countess of Ranfurly â Hermione Knox, Countess of Ranfurly, was a British author and aristocrat who is best known for her war memoir To War With Whitaker: The Wartime Diaries of the....
Hermione does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice â your child is unlikely to encounter American Hermiones in the wild.
36
UK babies named Hermione (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 376 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Hermione
Likely around 1 other Hermione in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
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Dame Hermione Lee is a British biographer, literary critic and academic. She is a former President of Wolfson College, Oxford, and a former Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature in the University of Oxford and Professorial Fellow of New College.
Hermione Knox, Countess of Ranfurly, was a British author and aristocrat who is best known for her war memoir To War With Whitaker: The Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly, 1939â1945.