Is Hero a boy or girl name?

Hero is a unisex name. Of the 1,025 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 21.4% were girls and 78.6% were boys. It changed hands in 2015, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Hero

Recorded 2000–2025 · United States

Hero was most popular in 2022, when 82 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,068 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,466, with 70 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,025 people named Hero.

Hero over time

Births per year. The dot marks Hero’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Hero a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Hero is a unisex name — 21.4% of the 1,025 Americans given it were girls and 78.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 2015 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 13% girls and 87% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Hero

Where Hero 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