Hesston — #4946 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hesston

The Social Security Administration has registered 391 babies named Hesston between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hesston currently holds the #4946 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hesston performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 190 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Hesston shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Hesston in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hesston 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 391 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.