Heron
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194
- #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
- Given to boys 97.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1950 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 686since 1916
Heron over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Heron has never cracked the top 2,000 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 | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,608 | 16 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,321 | 24 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #5,666 | 16 |
| 2022 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,338 | 17 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,041 | 18 | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | — | #5,540 | 16 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,297 | 17 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,746 | 15 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,901 | 19 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,129 | 21 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,389 | 17 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,022 | 16 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,854 | 16 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
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| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
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| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
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| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
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| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
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| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
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| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five boys were named Heron! It came in at #3,177, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1918, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Heron is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Heron in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Heron
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,287 spots since 2024 (#4,321 → #5,608)
- 567 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #5,608)
- 138 spots since 2015 (#5,746 → #5,608)
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1950 at #2,770 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 1 yr 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 71,787
- Highest: 1 in 71,787 boys born in 2024 were named Heron (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,770 in 1950, was only 1 in 223,783 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 19.1% of all boys named Heron (131) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 15 | #3,115 (1919) | #3,146 |
| 1920s | 19 | #3,451 (1927) | #3,654 |
| 1930s | 10 | #3,645 (1935) | #3,823 |
| 1940s | 20 | #3,338 (1945) | #3,534 |
| 1950s | 22 | #2,770 (1950) | #3,068 |
| 1960s | 13 | #3,314 (1969) | #3,622 |
| 1970s | 60 | #3,282 (1970) | #4,528 |
| 1980s | 74 | #3,430 (1980) | #4,892 |
| 1990s | 94 | #3,854 (1995) | #5,860 |
| 2000s | 131 | #4,129 (2004) | #6,224 |
| 2010s | 116 | #5,297 (2017) | #7,174 |
| 2020s | 112 | #4,321 (2024) | #5,113 |
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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