Hercules
#4,055 most common boys' name of all time · #9,925 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1908–2025
Rank among boys
#4,055
Rank overall
#9,925 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
104 of 146
All-time
1,320
Since 2016
184
Peak year
2023 #3,722
Best rank
#1,335 1937
Girls
Boys
peak 30/yr
Hercules first appears in 1908. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,872 |
| 2024 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,500 |
| 2023 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,722 |
| 2022 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,639 |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,658 |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,680 |
| 2018 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,108 |
| 2017 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2016 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,953 |
| 2015 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,309 |
| 2014 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,755 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,788 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,858 |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,371 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,325 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,647 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,658 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,269 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,783 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,549 |
| 1997 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,685 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,048 |
| 1995 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,461 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,844 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,806 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,735 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,251 |
| 1989 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,867 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,382 |
| 1987 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,641 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,065 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,199 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,501 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,400 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,023 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,189 |
| 1977 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,232 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,092 |
| 1975 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,483 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,729 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,294 |
| 1972 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,044 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,448 |
| 1969 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,731 |
| 1968 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,359 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,686 |
| 1965 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,326 |
| 1964 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,733 |
| 1963 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,589 |
| 1962 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1961 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,797 |
| 1960 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,885 |
| 1959 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,738 |
| 1958 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1957 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,342 |
| 1956 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1955 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,878 |
| 1954 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,737 |
| 1953 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,001 |
| 1952 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,838 |
| 1951 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,096 |
| 1950 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,685 |
| 1949 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,181 |
| 1948 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,685 |
| 1947 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,586 |
| 1946 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,920 |
| 1945 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,313 |
| 1944 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,945 |
| 1943 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,129 |
| 1942 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,455 |
| 1941 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,880 |
| 1940 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,779 |
| 1939 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,351 |
| 1938 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,873 |
| 1937 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 1936 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,930 |
| 1935 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,986 |
| 1934 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,331 |
| 1933 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,845 |
| 1932 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,496 |
| 1931 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,633 |
| 1930 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,858 |
| 1929 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1928 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,373 |
| 1927 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,011 |
| 1926 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1925 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,784 |
| 1924 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,097 |
| 1923 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,181 |
| 1922 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,933 |
| 1921 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,886 |
| 1920 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,580 |
| 1919 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,739 |
| 1918 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,777 |
| 1917 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1916 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,830 |
| 1915 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,939 |
| 1914 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,373 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,981 |
| 1912 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,993 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,519 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,782 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,363 |