Herald — boys' name

What the Data Says About Herald

The Social Security Administration has registered 990 babies named Herald between 1900 and 2022, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Herald currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Herald performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 276 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Herald shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Iowa. In total, SSA state-level files list Herald in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Herald 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 990 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.