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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Hercules.

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Its story

Popularity since 1908

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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 104 recorded years as a table

Hercules, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1908	39
1910	26
1911	31
1912	19
1913	10
1914	14
1915	18
1916	19
1917	16
1918	10
1919	20
1920	23
1921	9
1922	17
1923	14
1924	8
1925	18
1926	14
1927	15
1928	26
1929	9
1930	15
1931	19
1932	22
1933	8
1934	11
1935	13
1936	13
1937	24
1938	14
1939	23
1940	14
1941	12
1942	7
1943	9
1944	10
1945	7
1946	9
1947	13
1948	11
1949	7
1950	11
1951	7
1952	9
1953	8
1954	10
1955	9
1956	7
1957	3
1958	6
1959	10
1960	9
1961	10
1962	5
1963	5
1964	5
1965	4
1967	3
1968	7
1969	6
1971	5
1972	7
1973	6
1974	4
1975	6
1976	5
1977	5
1979	3
1980	4
1981	3
1982	3
1983	5
1984	4
1987	5
1988	3
1989	5
1990	2
1992	4
1993	3
1994	3
1995	4
1996	3
1997	5
1998	3
1999	3
2000	4
2003	3
2006	3
2010	3
2011	3
2012	3
2013	3
2014	8
2015	9
2016	10
2017	6
2018	14
2019	6
2020	7
2021	12
2022	13
2023	18
2024	8
2025	12

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Hercules 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 20
Rank in 2025: #4,857
How rare: 1 in 85,403 boys
Since 1908: 1,320

Most popular in 1908, at 39 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 32% per million boys born.

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