boy's name
Heri
- Gender Boy
- Letters 4
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 65
Heri is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2022, when 8 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 552,792 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1987.
Heri over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 6 |
| 1990s | 11 |
| 2000s | 11 |
| 2010s | 23 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 14 |
How popular is Heri?
In 2025, Heri was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Heri
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Heri also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Heri over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Heri
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Heri — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Heri
How popular is the name Heri?
In 2025, Heri was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Heri a girl's or a boy's name?
Heri is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Heri most popular?
Heri peaked in 2022, when 8 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Heri a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Heri currently ranks #10,812 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.