Herald

Boy · recorded 1900–2022

  • 2022last recorded
  • 1904best year

Most popular in 1904.

Last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1900

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 69 recorded years as a table
Herald, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190033
190447
190545
190741
190832
190930
191230
191331
191421
191524
191627
191733
191831
191918
192031
192120
192230
192321
192424
192525
192634
192723
192823
192920
193025
193123
193219
193322
193415
193524
193614
193712
193819
193910
194013
19417
194210
194312
194411
19468
19475
19487
19496
19517
19524
19534
19545
19556
19564
19573
19585
19595
19604
19615
19624
19635
19644
19653
19666
19683
19703
19713
19723
19833
19863
19883
19913
19973
20223

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Herald isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2022
6
Rank in 2022
#10,863
How rare
1 in 291,001 boys
Since 1900
990

Herald was last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1904, at 47 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Herald doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.