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.

Herold

#6,425 most common boys' name of all time · #16,095 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1894–1999

Rank among boys
#6,425
Rank overall
#16,095 of 105,966
First appeared
1894
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
618
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1923 #1,480
Best rank
#1,212 1912
Girls Boys peak 26/yr
19001920194019601980

Herold first appears in 1894. 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
1999 — 5 5 #9,988
1997 — 5 5 #9,326
1990 — 5 5 #8,219
1988 — 5 5 #7,365
1985 — 6 6 #5,844
1983 — 5 5 #6,345
1970 — 6 6 #4,309
1969 — 5 5 #4,489
1967 — 6 6 #3,638
1962 — 5 5 #4,147
1960 — 5 5 #4,133
1958 — 7 7 #3,347
1955 — 6 6 #3,586
1954 — 5 5 #3,915
1953 — 7 7 #3,222
1951 — 9 9 #2,714
1950 — 7 7 #3,092
1948 — 7 7 #3,096
1947 — 9 9 #2,734
1946 — 5 5 #3,625
1945 — 10 10 #2,296
1944 — 9 9 #2,527
1943 — 9 9 #2,626
1942 — 5 5 #3,654
1941 — 7 7 #2,936
1939 — 14 14 #1,924
1938 — 9 9 #2,538
1937 — 15 15 #1,864
1936 — 8 8 #2,692
1935 — 10 10 #2,444
1934 — 16 16 #1,821
1933 — 16 16 #1,798
1932 — 19 19 #1,684
1931 — 9 9 #2,723
1930 — 14 14 #2,124
1929 — 20 20 #1,699
1928 — 19 19 #1,788
1927 — 13 13 #2,336
1926 — 19 19 #1,813
1925 — 15 15 #2,132
1924 — 17 17 #1,992
1923 — 26 26 #1,480
1922 — 18 18 #1,915
1921 — 15 15 #2,190
1920 — 15 15 #2,172
1919 — 17 17 #1,927
1918 — 14 14 #2,202
1917 — 10 10 #2,622
1916 — 24 24 #1,443
1915 — 22 22 #1,490
1914 — 19 19 #1,424
1913 — 12 12 #1,633
1912 — 16 16 #1,212
1911 — 6 6 #1,658
1910 — 6 6 #1,521
1894 — 5 5 #1,232