Hera

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Hera: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Hera: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,371, and it stood at #1,541 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1371highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1998	#2701
1999	#2444
2002	#2868
2007	#4294
2008	#5545
2010	#4688
2011	#2893
2012	#4171
2013	#3536
2014	#2659
2015	#2945
2016	#2757
2017	#1911
2018	#2340
2019	#2040
2020	#1687
2021	#1628
2022	#1501
2023	#1371
2024	#1541

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 21 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1371 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1541 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Hera by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Hera in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	12	3 of 10	4
2010s	88	10 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	98	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Hera appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1371 in England and Wales in 2023.

Hera's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1541	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1371	23	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,371, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
15 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,541position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
23births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Bethel · #1371, 24y
Elaf · #1371, 19y
Hardy · #1369, 22y
Constantinos · #1367, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Bethel · #1371, 24y
Ama · #1372, 27y
Amnah · #1372, 28y
Anissa · #1372, 28y

Hera and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Hera without appearing here.

Hera moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2340 and #5666.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4171 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #5691.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2757 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Hera

Frida Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2868 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #4294 and #1656.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #1628.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1911 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2340 and #1436.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1687 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1628 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Hera

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hera went from #3795 to #1541 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hera went from #3795 to #1541 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hera went from #3795 to #1541 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hera went from #3795 to #1541 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Hera

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hera went from #3795 to #1541 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hera went from #3795 to #1541 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hera went from #3795 to #1541 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hera went from #3795 to #1541 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1371 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Hera at a glance

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Popularity journey

Hera by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Hera at a glance

Hera by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Hera and the names beside it

Hera moved ahead of

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