Heron
#5,961 most common boys' name of all time · #14,831 across all names · 98% boys / 2% girls · used 1916–2025
Rank among boys
#5,961
Rank overall
#14,831 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
702
Since 2016
177
Peak year
2024 #4,337
Best rank
#2,950 1950
Girls
Boys
peak 24/yr
Heron first appears in 1916. 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 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,643 |
| 2024 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,337 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #5,695 |
| 2022 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,729 |
| 2021 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,376 |
| 2020 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,072 |
| 2019 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #6,453 |
| 2018 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,580 |
| 2017 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2016 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,899 |
| 2015 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,780 |
| 2014 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,636 |
| 2013 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,658 |
| 2012 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,952 |
| 2011 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #8,857 |
| 2010 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,222 |
| 2009 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,386 |
| 2008 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2007 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,655 |
| 2006 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,176 |
| 2004 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,156 |
| 2003 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,934 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,139 |
| 2001 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,941 |
| 2000 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,429 |
| 1999 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,580 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,387 |
| 1996 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,063 |
| 1995 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,896 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,920 |
| 1993 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,853 |
| 1992 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,168 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,424 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,355 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,378 |
| 1988 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,242 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,476 |
| 1985 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,441 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,519 |
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,685 |
| 1982 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,334 |
| 1981 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,637 |
| 1980 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1979 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,971 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,311 |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,985 |
| 1974 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,663 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,327 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,223 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,138 |
| 1970 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,375 |
| 1969 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,134 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,773 |
| 1952 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,029 |
| 1950 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,950 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,064 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1945 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,636 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,863 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,975 |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,319 |
| 1928 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,997 |
| 1927 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,695 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,124 |
| 1919 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,353 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,486 |