Heraldo — boys' name
44 babies named Heraldo in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Heraldo was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Heraldo in 1929 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Heraldo
The Social Security Administration has registered 44 babies named Heraldo between 1929 and 2008, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Heraldo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Heraldo performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Heraldo shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Heraldo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Heraldo 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 44 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.
Heraldo at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Heraldo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1929
- Peak year (1929)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 80 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
44 total births across 80 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1929 with 6 births in a single year.
Heraldo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 17 births that decade — 39% of Heraldo's all-time total
Heraldo decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Heraldo's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Heraldo by state
Where Heraldo concentrates geographically — total births since 1929
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 11.4% |
5 of 44 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 11.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1929–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.