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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |