Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Herald

#4,835 most common boys' name of all time · #11,948 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1900–2022

Rank among boys
#4,835
Rank overall
#11,948 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
990
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1926 #1,169
Best rank
#1,169 1926
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Herald first appears in 1900. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2022 6 6 #10,928
1997 6 6 #8,198
1991 6 6 #7,353
1988 5 5 #7,375
1986 5 5 #6,840
1983 6 6 #5,590
1972 5 5 #5,091
1971 5 5 #5,021
1970 5 5 #4,840
1968 5 5 #4,244
1966 10 10 #2,674
1965 5 5 #4,021
1964 7 7 #3,371
1963 11 11 #2,577
1962 9 9 #2,905
1961 11 11 #2,593
1960 9 9 #2,933
1959 11 11 #2,572
1958 11 11 #2,549
1957 7 7 #3,329
1956 8 8 #3,039
1955 12 12 #2,356
1954 11 11 #2,493
1953 7 7 #3,229
1952 8 8 #2,954
1951 13 13 #2,184
1949 11 11 #2,389
1948 13 13 #2,165
1947 10 10 #2,570
1946 13 13 #2,076
1944 15 15 #1,847
1943 17 17 #1,804
1942 14 14 #1,994
1941 8 8 #2,749
1940 15 15 #1,847
1939 11 11 #2,213
1938 21 21 #1,499
1937 13 13 #2,044
1936 15 15 #1,837
1935 25 25 #1,374
1934 16 16 #1,826
1933 22 22 #1,479
1932 20 20 #1,627
1931 24 24 #1,452
1930 27 27 #1,420
1929 21 21 #1,650
1928 25 25 #1,502
1927 26 26 #1,500
1926 38 38 #1,169
1925 28 28 #1,413
1924 27 27 #1,478
1923 23 23 #1,617
1922 33 33 #1,277
1921 22 22 #1,681
1920 33 33 #1,268
1919 18 18 #1,845
1918 31 31 #1,279
1917 31 31 #1,234
1916 24 24 #1,447
1915 20 20 #1,590
1914 14 14 #1,738
1913 16 16 #1,353
1912 13 13 #1,399
1909 5 5 #1,613
1908 5 5 #1,530
1907 6 6 #1,318
1905 6 6 #1,221
1904 6 6 #1,189
1900 5 5 #1,488