Hercules is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2023 and remains in steady use.
Hercules is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,921 for boy births in the United States (and #10,410 across all names), given to 20 babies. Hercules was first reported in SSA data in 1908 and peaked in 2023 (30 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | #4,921 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | #6,602 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | #3,749 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | #4,610 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | #4,685 |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | #6,767 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 | #7,848 |
| 2018 | 25 | 25 | #4,135 |
| 2017 | 12 | 12 | #6,847 |
| 2016 | 19 | 19 | #5,008 |
| 2015 | 17 | 17 | #5,372 |
| 2014 | 15 | 15 | #5,830 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | #11,237 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | #11,302 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | #13,013 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | #12,961 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 | #9,949 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | #10,040 |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | #8,526 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | #9,130 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | #8,893 |
| 1997 | 10 | — | #5,807 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | #8,316 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | #6,610 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | #8,139 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | #9,262 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | #6,952 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #8,622 |
| 1989 | 10 | — | #4,961 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #7,721 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | #4,709 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #5,184 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | #4,277 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #6,730 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | #6,659 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | #5,156 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | #6,430 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | #4,333 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | #4,164 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | #3,520 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | #4,867 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | #3,304 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | #3,042 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | #3,480 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | #2,758 |
| 1968 | 13 | — | #2,377 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #3,715 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | #3,376 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | #2,735 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | #2,600 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | #2,579 |
| 1961 | 21 | — | #1,796 |
| 1960 | 19 | — | #1,877 |
| 1959 | 22 | — | #1,737 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | #2,307 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #3,376 |
| 1956 | 15 | — | #2,130 |
| 1955 | 18 | — | #1,872 |
| 1954 | 20 | — | #1,728 |
| 1953 | 16 | — | #1,996 |
| 1952 | 18 | — | #1,825 |
| 1951 | 14 | — | #2,092 |
| 1950 | 20 | — | #1,674 |
| 1949 | 13 | — | #2,166 |
| 1948 | 20 | — | #1,678 |
| 1947 | 23 | — | #1,574 |
| 1946 | 15 | — | #1,917 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | #2,314 |
| 1944 | 14 | — | #1,920 |
| 1943 | 13 | — | #2,112 |
| 1942 | 10 | — | #2,446 |
| 1941 | 15 | — | #1,852 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #1,761 |
| 1939 | 25 | — | #1,341 |
| 1938 | 15 | — | #1,856 |
| 1937 | 26 | — | #1,319 |
| 1936 | 14 | — | #1,921 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | #1,977 |
| 1934 | 11 | — | #2,324 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | #2,848 |
| 1932 | 23 | — | #1,486 |
| 1931 | 20 | — | #1,607 |
| 1930 | 17 | — | #1,855 |
| 1929 | 10 | — | #2,672 |
| 1928 | 29 | — | #1,364 |
| 1927 | 17 | — | #1,984 |
| 1926 | 16 | — | #2,022 |
| 1925 | 20 | — | #1,765 |
| 1924 | 9 | — | #3,123 |
| 1923 | 15 | — | #2,170 |
| 1922 | 18 | — | #1,920 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | #2,880 |
| 1920 | 24 | — | #1,564 |
| 1919 | 20 | — | #1,724 |
| 1918 | 10 | — | #2,769 |
| 1917 | 15 | — | #2,037 |
| 1916 | 17 | — | #1,804 |
| 1915 | 15 | — | #1,915 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | #2,342 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,017 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | #1,954 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #1,456 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #1,699 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #1,291 |