Herald
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
- Peak · boys
- 1904 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 990since 1900
Herald over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Herald has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #1,476 | 21 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,354 | 25 |
| 1934 | #1,783 | 16 |
| 1933 | #1,456 | 22 |
| 1932 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,427 | 24 |
| 1930 | #1,399 | 27 |
| 1929 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1927 | #1,468 | 26 |
| 1926 | #1,161 | 38 |
| 1925 | #1,390 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,458 | 27 |
| 1923 | #1,589 | 23 |
| 1922 | #1,259 | 33 |
| 1921 | #1,648 | 22 |
| 1920 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1919 | #1,811 | 18 |
| 1918 | #1,256 | 31 |
| 1917 | #1,222 | 31 |
| 1916 | #1,415 | 24 |
| 1915 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #1,311 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,353 | 13 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1900
The first year at least five boys were named Herald! It came in at #1,310, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1903, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Herald is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Herald in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Herald
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1904 at #1,064 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,354
- Highest: 1 in 21,354 boys born in 1904 were named Herald (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 27.9% of all boys named Herald (276) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 33 | #1,064 (1904) | #1,246 |
| 1910s | 167 | #1,222 (1917) | #1,451 |
| 1920s | 276 | #1,161 (1926) | #1,432 |
| 1930s | 194 | #1,354 (1935) | #1,643 |
| 1940s | 116 | #1,764 (1943) | #2,106 |
| 1950s | 88 | #2,135 (1951) | #2,685 |
| 1960s | 67 | #2,538 (1961) | #3,096 |
| 1970s | 15 | #4,724 (1970) | #4,872 |
| 1980s | 16 | #5,484 (1983) | #6,492 |
| 1990s | 12 | #7,271 (1991) | #7,691 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,863 (2022) | #10,863 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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