How Many People Are Named Hero?
people named Hero are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 335,741 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,025 babies named Hero in Social Security records from 2000 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
82 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Hero, 21.4% were girls and 78.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Hero fell from 49.2% in the 2000s to 10.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hero alive today is about 8 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 11 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hero first appears in the records in 2000 and was given most often in 2022, to 82 babies. In 2025, 70 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 2000 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hero has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,084, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #2,195. Among girls, its best rank was #5,863, in 2016.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,195 | #15,763 |
| Best rank | #2,084 (2021) | #5,863 (2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,190 in the 2020s | #9,526 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hero alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hero were born in California than in any other state: about 128 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hero was given 4.1 times as often in California and 1.9 times in Texas.
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