Heran

Heran was the #4,546 girls' name in the US in 2025 (30 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales and #1,315 in Canada.

Heran as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Heran as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Heran as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,546 (30)#2,138 (13)#1,315 (19)
2024#4,893 (27)#3,319 (7)#1,617 (14)
2023#5,390 (23)#2,346 (11)#2,604 (7)
2022#5,465 (23)#2,325 (11)#2,835 (6)
2021#4,326 (32)#2,341 (11)—
2020#5,487 (22)#2,843 (8)#2,591 (7)
2019#3,923 (37)#2,286 (11)#3,266 (5)
2018#5,619 (22)#2,901 (8)—
2017#8,299 (13)#4,763 (4)—
2016#10,859 (9)——
2015#8,447 (13)——
2014#10,129 (10)——
2013#7,372 (16)#4,739 (4)—
2011#14,824 (6)——
2010#14,959 (6)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #3,923.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2003.

How common is it?

about 1 in 53,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 53,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Heran is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 59,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 40,000 to 1 in 85,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HeranCanadaGirls#1,31519
HeranEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
HeranUSGirls#4,54630