Hercules
Hercules is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202330 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1908
- 1,300people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,300 boys have been named Hercules in the United States since 1908, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 30 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1952, and the 1930s alone account for 13%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hercules | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 111 | |
| 1920s | 168 | |
| 1930s | 173 | |
| 1940s | 149 | |
| 1950s | 163 | |
| 1960s | 109 | |
| 1970s | 67 | |
| 1980s | 57 | |
| 1990s | 59 | |
| 2000s | 20 | |
| 2010s | 120 | |
| 2020s | 98 |
In 2023, its biggest year
Hercules was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Hercules
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Drexelpeak 1957
- Waylandpeak 2023
- Harlonpeak 1939
- Harlenpeak 1936
- Aldonpeak 1929
- Ozellpeak 1937
- Zebedeepeak 2024
- Santopeak 1925
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.