Hera — #2780 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Hera

The Social Security Administration has registered 878 babies named Hera between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hera currently holds the #2780 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 61 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hera performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 330 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Hera shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 83 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Hera in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hera 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 878 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.