Hero
Rank in 2025
#14942
recorded as girls
Up 351 since 2024
#2183
recorded as boys
Up 105 since 2024
Babies in 2025
70
girls 5 · boys 65
Peak year
2021
70 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
1,025
since 2000
Born a Hero? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Hero was most popular in 2021, when 70 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.04 per 1,000). In 2025, 65 babies were named Hero, ranking #2183 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 29%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 14942 | 65 | 2183 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15293 | 62 | 2288 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15194 | 67 | 2147 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8032 | 69 | 2136 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11146 | 70 | 2079 |
| 2020 | 11 | 8953 | 58 | 2323 |
| 2019 | 6 | 13799 | 49 | 2626 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9151 | 48 | 2617 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14124 | 53 | 2417 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5796 | 51 | 2477 |
| 2015 | 12 | 8931 | 58 | 2276 |
| 2014 | 20 | 6207 | 16 | 5485 |
| 2013 | 8 | 11969 | 21 | 4463 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12199 | 19 | 4862 |
| 2011 | 12 | 9150 | 15 | 5675 |
| 2010 | 6 | 14959 | 22 | 4366 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 14 | 6095 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10807 | 7 | 9871 |
| 2007 | 5 | 17636 | 20 | 4640 |
| 2006 | 5 | 17168 | 7 | 9585 |
| 2005 | 9 | 10921 | 10 | 7096 |
| 2004 | 7 | 12761 | 5 | 11356 |
| 2003 | 5 | 15784 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 12187 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 15352 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 8 | 10745 | <5 | — |
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Names like Hero
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Where Hero is most popular
- California4.0×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 21% · boys 79% across all years