Hercules
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Hercules is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Hercules mean?
Greek
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Hercules a girl's or a boy's name?
Hercules is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hercules in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Hercules, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908.
Half of all the boys named Hercules in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hercules in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 21 | #1,777 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,857 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,708 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,844 |
| 1954 | 20 | #1,705 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,803 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,054 |
| 1950 | 20 | #1,656 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,655 |
| 1947 | 23 | #1,554 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,883 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1940 | 16 | #1,736 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,313 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,465 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,589 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,821 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,353 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,744 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,543 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,694 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
Names like Hercules
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leon, Theodore, Hollis, Henry, Harlan, Harvey, Louis, Moses, James, Charles, Ellis, Francis
More Greek names
Luca, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hercules: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hercules, updated 20 October 2026.