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Hero

Boy's name · #2195 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Hero is climbing: on the charts since 2004, it is ranked #2195 in 2025, with about 70 boys given the name last year. Roughly 810 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#2,219 in Switzerland (2025) · #5,137 in England & Wales (2025) · #13,395 in Italy (2024) · #1,456 in Sweden (2023) · #875 in Netherlands (2019) · #2,139 in Canada (2015) · #2,551 in Ecuador (1958).

Famous Heros

• Hero of Alexandria — 1st-century AD Hellenistic mathematician and engineer (c. 10–c. 75)
• Hero Fiennes Tiffin — British actor and producer (born 1997)
• Hero Alom — Bangladeshi actor and politician (born 1985)
• Hero Angeles — Filipino actor (born 1984)
• Hero Kanu — American football player (born 2004)

In stories & tradition

• Hero — Dragon Quest IV protagonist
• Hero Cruz — Superboy and the Ravers (comics)

What Heros become

Among 43 notable people named Hero:

Entertainers appear 1.8× more often than among typical names — e.g. Hero Fiennes Tiffin, British actor and producer (born 1997).

Similar names: Xylo · Eros · Aero · Kairos · Gio · Astro

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