Heron Popularity by Year
Follow Heron across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Heron birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 16 | #5,608 | Down 1,287 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 24 | #4,321 | Up 1,345 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 16 | #5,666 | Down 965 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 5 | #15,194 | Down 1,395 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 21 | #4,701 | Up 637 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 17 | #5,338 | Down 297 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 18 | #5,041 | Up 1,365 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 13 | #6,406 | Down 866 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 6 | #13,799 | Up 2,965 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 16 | #5,540 | Down 243 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 17 | #5,297 | Up 3,519 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 8 | #8,816 | Down 3,070 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 15 | #5,746 | Up 1,816 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 10 | #7,562 | Down 959 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 12 | #6,603 | Up 2,261 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 8 | #8,864 | Down 97 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 8 | #8,767 | Down 628 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 5 | #16,764 | — |
| 2010 | Boys | 9 | #8,139 | Up 171 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 9 | #8,310 | Down 3,409 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 19 | #4,901 | Up 2,689 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 10 | #7,590 | Up 408 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 9 | #7,998 | Down 902 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 10 | #7,096 | Down 2,967 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 21 | #4,129 | Up 1,748 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 12 | #5,877 | Up 1,178 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 9 | #7,055 | Down 2,165 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 15 | #4,890 | Down 501 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 17 | #4,389 | Up 148 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 15 | #4,537 | Up 2,744 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 7 | #7,281 | Down 3,259 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 16 | #4,022 | Down 168 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 16 | #3,854 | Up 3,916 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 6 | #7,770 | Down 1,999 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 9 | #5,771 | Down 1,657 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 14 | #4,114 | Up 3,157 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 6 | #7,271 | Up 846 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 5 | #8,117 | Down 1,888 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 7 | #6,229 | Down 2,067 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 11 | #4,162 | Up 1,170 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 7 | #5,332 | Down 999 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 9 | #4,333 | Up 1,982 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 5 | #6,315 | Down 831 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 6 | #5,484 | Down 1,250 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 9 | #4,234 | Up 275 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 8 | #4,509 | Down 1,079 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 12 | #3,430 | Up 1,412 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 7 | #4,842 | Down 685 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 8 | #4,157 | Up 966 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 6 | #5,123 | Down 326 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 6 | #4,797 | Down 1,239 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 9 | #3,558 | Up 1,543 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 5 | #5,101 | Down 115 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 5 | #4,986 | Down 79 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 5 | #4,907 | Down 1,625 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 9 | #3,282 | Up 32 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 8 | #3,314 | Up 616 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 5 | #3,930 | Down 371 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 6 | #3,559 | Down 684 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 8 | #2,875 | Down 105 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 8 | #2,770 | Up 963 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 5 | #3,733 | Down 208 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 5 | #3,525 | Down 187 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 5 | #3,338 | Up 200 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 5 | #3,538 | Up 107 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 5 | #3,645 | Up 356 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 5 | #4,001 | Down 304 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 6 | #3,697 | Down 246 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 7 | #3,451 | Up 364 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 6 | #3,815 | Down 700 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 8 | #3,115 | Up 62 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 7 | #3,177 | — |