Boys' name · since 1985
Her
16 babies named Her in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,717 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
16 boys have been named Her since 1985, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Her recorded 16 times among boys since 1985, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 1998.
- #30,717 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 16 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Her ranks #30,717 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #30,717 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Her's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Her's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Her's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Her popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1998
- Peak year (1993)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Her by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
1990s was Her's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Her births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Her: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Her draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.