Herold — boys' name

What the Data Says About Herold

The Social Security Administration has registered 618 babies named Herold between 1894 and 1999, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Herold currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Herold performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Herold shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Herold in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Herold 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 618 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.