Hero Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Hero: every year it appeared on the national list since 2004, with 806 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

806

Peak year

2021 #2085

Years on the list

10-year trend

+28.6%

In the 2020s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

2004–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	15	#5778
2012	19	#4923
2013	21	#4524
2014	16	#5566
2015	58	#2285
2016	51	#2489
2017	53	#2431
2018	48	#2622
2019	49	#2637
2020	58	#2330
2021	70	#2085
2022	69	#2142
2023	67	#2158
2024	62	#2295
2025	65	#2195

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 2021

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