Heru
Boy · HEH-roo
Heru is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Heru mean?
Ancient Egyptian name of Horus
Heru is an Egyptian form of Horus, the falcon-headed sky god, used especially in Afrocentric naming.
- Say it
- HEH-roo
Is Heru a girl's or a boy's name?
Heru is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Heru in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Heru, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Heru than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Heru in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Heru in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Heru
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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