Heron
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#5608
recorded as boys
Down 1,287 since 2024
Babies in 2025
16
boys 16
Peak year
2024
24 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
702
since 1916
Born a Heron? 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
Heron was most popular in 2024, when 24 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). In 2025, 16 babies were named Heron, ranking #5608 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 21%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 16 | 5608 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 24 | 4321 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15194 | 16 | 5666 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 21 | 4701 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 17 | 5338 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 18 | 5041 |
| 2019 | 6 | 13799 | 13 | 6406 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 16 | 5540 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 17 | 5297 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 8 | 8816 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 15 | 5746 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 10 | 7562 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 12 | 6603 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 8 | 8864 |
| 2011 | 5 | 16764 | 8 | 8767 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 9 | 8139 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 9 | 8310 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 19 | 4901 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 10 | 7590 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 9 | 7998 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 10 | 7096 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 21 | 4129 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 12 | 5877 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 9 | 7055 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 15 | 4890 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 17 | 4389 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 15 | 4537 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 7 | 7281 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 16 | 4022 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 16 | 3854 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 6 | 7770 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 9 | 5771 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 14 | 4114 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 6 | 7271 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 5 | 8117 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 7 | 6229 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 11 | 4162 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 7 | 5332 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 9 | 4333 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 5 | 6315 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 6 | 5484 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 9 | 4234 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 8 | 4509 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 12 | 3430 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 7 | 4842 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 8 | 4157 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 6 | 5123 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 6 | 4797 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 9 | 3558 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 5 | 5101 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 5 | 4986 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 5 | 4907 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 9 | 3282 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 8 | 3314 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 6 | 3559 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 8 | 2875 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 8 | 2770 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 5 | 3733 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 5 | 3525 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 5 | 3338 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 5 | 3538 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 5 | 3645 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 5 | 4001 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 6 | 3697 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 7 | 3451 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 6 | 3815 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 8 | 3115 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 7 | 3177 |
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Recorded as girls 2% · boys 98% across all years