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.

Herod

#21,551 most common boys' name of all time · #56,766 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1921–1968

Rank among boys
#21,551
Rank overall
#56,766 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
7 of 146
All-time
37
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #3,844
Best rank
#3,844 1924
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
19401960

Herod first appears in 1921. 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
1968 — 5 5 #4,444
1928 — 5 5 #4,628
1927 — 5 5 #4,672
1925 — 5 5 #4,734
1924 — 7 7 #3,844
1922 — 5 5 #4,822
1921 — 5 5 #4,910