Heriberto vs Hermelinda
American parents have registered 10,282 Heribertos since 1880, against 2,039 Hermelindas. Heriberto is still ahead, with 40 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Heriberto Hermelinda
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 110 years in which either name was published, Heriberto for 88 years and Hermelinda for 22 years. The lead changed hands 13 times.
- 1916–1920 Heriberto ahead
- 1921–1923 Hermelinda ahead
- 1924–1926 Heriberto ahead
- 1927–1933 Hermelinda ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1934–1938 Heriberto ahead
- 1945–1953 Hermelinda ahead
- 1954–2025 Heriberto ahead
6 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Heriberto | Hermelinda | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 10,282 | 2,039 |
| Most in one year | 249 | 59 |
| Babies in 2025 | 40 | 11 |
| Estimated living today | 9,200 | 1,500 |
| Median age today | 34 | 59 |
| Peak year | 1993 | 1953 |
| Best rank | 654th boys | 1,261st girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 3,036th | 8,860th |
| First recorded | 1916 | 1915 |
| Girls / boys | 16 / 10,266 | 2,039 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Hermelindas alive today are over 59; half the Heribertos are over 34. That is 25 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Heriberto Texas (4.3×), California (3.1×), Arizona (2.6×)
- Hermelinda Texas (10.0×), California (2.2×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Heriberto and Hermelinda.