Hero

girls:

209 births since 2000

#5507 (4th percentile)

boys:

678 births since 2004

#3909 (15th percentile)

overall:

887 births since 2000

#6852 (11th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hero".

2000 2023 20002023

Key Statistics

Total Births
209
Peak Births
22
Peak Year
2016
First Recorded
2000
Peak Percentile
1.8%
Current Percentile
0.0%
Peak Rank
#892
Current Rank
#947
Female statistics
Total Births
678
Peak Births
70
Peak Year
2021
First Recorded
2004
Peak Percentile
7.0%
Current Percentile
6.8%
Peak Rank
#847
Current Rank
#849
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Hero

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Hero. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 66.0% confident that Hero is pronounced as HEE-roh. The next most likely pronunciation is HIH-roh, at 19.1% confidence.

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66.0%
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19.1%
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14.9%
HEE-roh (2 syllables)
Verified
66.0% confidence
HH IY1 R OW0
HIH-roh (2 syllables)
Verified
19.1% confidence
HH IH1 R OW0
HEH-roh (2 syllables)
14.9% confidence
HH EH1 R OW0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Hero. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Hero, please vote using the thumbs up button.

HAI-roh (2 syllables)
3 names 11.1k births
HH AY1 R OW0
HIH-ruh (2 syllables)
5 names 1.6k births
HH IH1 R AH0

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like HH IY1 R OW0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.