Herkus

maleStatistical record

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

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

Herkus: Recorded every year since 2009, it reached #365 in 2019, and it stood at #1,595 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#365highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2009–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#3227
2011	#2892
2012	#3416
2013	#4685
2014	#3362
2015	#2150
2016	#1234
2017	#1146
2018	#1194
2019	#929
2020	#1111
2021	#1078
2022	#1534
2023	#2546
2024	#1595

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 15 of the 16 years from 2009 to 2024.

In 2023: #584 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2546 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2009–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #3227 among boys in England and Wales in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Herkus appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 15 years beginning in 2009, and has registered 223 births with the name.

Herkus across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Herkus's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3227 (2009)	#929 (2019)	#1595 (2024)	15 of 16	223 (2009–2024)	31 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#720 (2010)	#564 (2019)	#584 (2023)	9 of 14	36 (2010–2023)	5 (2019)

Herkus by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Herkus in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	5	1 of 10	5
2010s	128	9 of 10	14
2020sbusiest	90	5 of 10	18

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Herkus appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #365 in Northern Ireland in 2019.

Herkus'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	male	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1078	26	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1111	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#929	31	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1194	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1146	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1234	22	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2009 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #365, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Hermann · #174, 58y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Abeeha · #365, 20y
Amyra · #365, 15y
Kason · #365, 18y
Ava-Mae · #366, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Abeeha · #365, 20y
Amyra · #365, 15y
Kason · #365, 18y
Aiyla · #364, 19y

Herkus was ranked #365 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2019. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Herkus 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 Herkus without appearing here.

Herkus moved ahead of

Erin Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1146 and #4812.
Even Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1146 and #4812.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #5119.
Robyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #4270.

Moved the opposite way to Herkus

Aaron Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Herkus went from #3227 to #1595 while Aaron went from #54 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Herkus went from #3227 to #1595 while Alan went from #193 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Herkus went from #3227 to #1595 while Alex went from #50 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Herkus went from #3227 to #1595 while Alexander went from #22 to #36.

Moved the same way as Herkus

Aksel Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Herkus went from #3227 to #1595 and Aksel from #2837 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Herkus went from #3227 to #1595 and Albie from #291 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Herkus went from #3227 to #1595 and Alfred from #146 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Herkus went from #3227 to #1595 and Archie from #20 to #10.

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #365 in Northern Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Herkus

Herkus at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Herkus across 2 official records

Herkus by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Herkus appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Herkus

Herkus and the names beside it

Herkus moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Herkus

Moved the same way as Herkus

Herkus at a glance

Herkus across 2 official records

Herkus by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Herkus appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Herkus

Herkus and the names beside it

Herkus moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Herkus

Moved the same way as Herkus