Hercules
Recorded 1908–2025 · United States
Hercules was most popular in 2023, when 30 American babies were given the name — ranking #7,947 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,279, with 20 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,320 people named Hercules.
Hercules over time
How old is the name Hercules?
Hercules first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1908, which makes it about 117 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 104 of the 118 years since.
How many people are named Hercules?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,320 American births named Hercules between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 727 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Hercules in 2025?
20 American babies were named Hercules in 2025, ranking #10,279 that year.
Is Hercules getting more or less popular?
Hercules is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 21 births a year, against 10 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +116% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Hercules a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Hercules is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,320 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Hercules?
Roughly 727 Americans named Hercules are alive today — 55% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 46 years old, and half are between 10 and 69. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Hercules is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org