Heri

#11,160 in 2025Boys' name

Army

Heri has been given to 65 babies in the U.S. since 1987. In 2025 it ranked #11,160 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Heri, 2025

1 in 553,000

Heri over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Heri: meaning, origin, and history

Army

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Heri means

Heri means “army”, associated with harjaz.

Origin, language, and formation

Heri is used in Faroese.

Heri comes through Proto-Germanic *harjaz, Old Norse heri and Proto-Germanic *hesô.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include hare.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Faroese, Heri is pronounced [ˈheːrɪ].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 65 boys were recorded with the name Heri between 1987 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2022; its best national rank was #6,400 in 1987.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Heri?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #11,160; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Heri sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Heri. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Heris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Heri was born before 2012 — so the typical Heri is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 35.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 73.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 65; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 35.4% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Heri rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 75.0%; Peak was 2022 (8)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #6,400; 1987

Spellings of Heri

Heri is not the most common spelling — Eric is, with 37.9% against Heri's <0.01%.

Eric37.9%888,891
Henry32.8%768,945
Levi9.2%215,013
Erik6.7%157,461
Eli6.5%153,495
Bert1.4%33,585
Ari0.88%20,592
Vern0.49%11,497

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Heri by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #11,160
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #6,400; 1987
Peak year: 2022; 8 that year
First recorded: 1987
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 65
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Heri

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Heru Herlin Ameri Hero Herod Emeri Hermen Herber Herry Hervin Herny Heron Hervie Herron Herik Hersh Her Neri Herley Herrick Herson Hervy Teri Eri

Sibling names for Heri

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Sydnie Karleigh Sydni Rhianna Alysa Adelle

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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