Hero**
#4,741 most common boys' name of all time · #11,680 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 2000–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#4,741
Rank overall
#11,680 of 105,966
First appeared
2000
Years on the list
26 of 146
All-time
1,025
Since 2016
684
Peak year
2022 #2,146
Best rank
#2,093 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 82/yr
Hero first appears in 2000. 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 | 5 | 65 | 70 | #2,200 |
| 2024 | 5 | 62 | 67 | #2,307 |
| 2023 | 5 | 67 | 72 | #2,167 |
| 2022 | 13 | 69 | 82 | #2,146 |
| 2021 | 8 | 70 | 78 | #2,093 |
| 2020 | 11 | 58 | 69 | #2,342 |
| 2019 | 6 | 49 | 55 | #2,651 |
| 2018 | 11 | 48 | 59 | #2,633 |
| 2017 | 6 | 53 | 59 | #2,443 |
| 2016 | 22 | 51 | 73 | #2,512 |
| 2015 | 12 | 58 | 70 | #2,299 |
| 2014 | 20 | 16 | 36 | #5,680 |
| 2013 | 8 | 21 | 29 | #4,591 |
| 2012 | 8 | 19 | 27 | #5,005 |
| 2011 | 12 | 15 | 27 | #5,897 |
| 2010 | 6 | 22 | 28 | #4,500 |
| 2009 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 2008 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #10,647 |
| 2007 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #4,791 |
| 2006 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #10,369 |
| 2005 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #7,567 |
| 2004 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #12,615 |
| 2003 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2002 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2000 | 8 | — | 8 | — |