Hearl — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hearl

The Social Security Administration has registered 189 babies named Hearl between 1914 and 1959, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hearl currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hearl performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Hearl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hearl in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hearl in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 189 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.