Hera
Meaning
queen of Olympus and guardian of marriage in Greek myth; the name is likely older than Greek itself, its meaning uncertain: ancient proposals run from hora, 'period of time', to heros, 'hero'
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Hera peaked in the 2020s.
See Hera in official records · Spain, Mexico City and Argentina
Spain
128 residents · #6,361 among women · mean age 10.2
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart.
Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Mexico City City, not national
1 registration in 2022 · charted as share per 10,000 name registrations in the city that year
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded.
Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Argentina
2 newborns given the name in 2024 · charted as share per 10,000 name registrations that year
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published.
Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Not on the record in Puerto Rico: that registry withholds small counts, so rare uses may sit below its floor.
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