Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Heron” in the USA?

Number of people named “Heron” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Heron” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Heron” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Heron” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Heron” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Heron” by birth year

This chart shows how “Heron” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 -100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 -100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 -100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 -100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 -100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 -100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1970 9 0.000002495 9 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 -100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1995 16 0.000004369 16 -100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 -100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1999 15 0.000004061 15 -100%
2000 17 0.000004497 17 -100%
2001 15 0.000004007 15 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2003 12 0.000003156 12 -100%
2004 21 0.000005496 21 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 -100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 -100%
2008 19 0.000004834 19 -100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 13 0.000003554 5 8 -23%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 12 0.000003292 12 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 15 0.000004053 15 -100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 -100%
2017 17 0.000004754 17 -100%
2018 16 0.000004551 16 -100%
2019 19 0.000005474 6 13 -37%
2020 18 0.000005388 18 -100%
2021 17 0.000005018 17 -100%
2022 21 0.000006207 21 -100%
2023 21 0.000006342 5 16 -52%
2024 24 0.00000721 24 -100%

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