How Many People Are Named Heron?
people named Heron are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 549,493 people in the US has this name
Based on 702 babies named Heron in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
24 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Greek ‘ηρως (heros) meaning "hero". This was the name of a 1st-century Greek inventor (also known as Hero) from Alexandria.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Heron, 2.6% were girls and 97.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 4.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Heron alive today is about 24 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Heron first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 2024, to 24 babies. In 2025, 16 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Heron has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,878, in 1950. In 2025 it ranked #5,691.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,691 |
| Best rank | #2,878 (1950) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,881 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Heron alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Heron were born in Texas than in any other state: about 80 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Heron was given about 9.5 times as often in Texas.
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