Hera

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A few things about Hera you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Hera

Hera Björk

Icelandic singer

Choose Hera and your child shares a first name with Hera Björk, an Icelandic singer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Hera, like who?” Hera Björk's Wikipedia article is available in 43 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 25,510 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Hera, 63 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Hera would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryHera first shows up in US birth records in 1970, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 55 years since.
• 🏆Best yearHera is at its all-time high right now: #2,719 in 2025.
• 📈Then vs nowHera is 5.1× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 129,870 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 25,510.
• 🚀TrendHera has climbed 372 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #2,719. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.

About the name Hera

Hera is a girl name. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with H and ending in “-era”. US birth records list Hera for girls from 1970 to 2025, in 46 of those 56 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #2,719 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #2,719, with 63 babies.