Heran — #4971 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Heran

The Social Security Administration has registered 278 babies named Heran between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Heran currently holds the #4971 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Heran performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Heran shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Heran in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Heran 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 278 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.