UK boy's name
Herkus
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Herkus is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Herkus popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #1595, with 16 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2019, with 31 births.
This profile covers 223 England and Wales registrations across 15 recorded years from 2009 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 52% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 226 living people in the UK are called Herkus. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Herkus ranked #1595 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 16 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2019, when 31 boys were registered as Herkus.
- • Herkus ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #365 in 2019.
- • About 226 living people in the UK are estimated to have Herkus as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#1595
2024
Births in 2024
16
Latest year
Peak year
2019
31 births
Estimated living
226
2026
Popularity
Herkus over time
The chart below shows babies named Herkus registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2009 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Herkus, the clearest high point is 2019. The latest England and Wales figure is 16 births in 2024, compared with 31 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Herkus by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Herkus was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #1573 | 90 | 5 |
| 2010s | #2334 | 128 | 9 |
| 2000s | #3227 | 5 | 1 |
Geography
Where Herkus is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Herkus. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Herkus ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #365 in 2019.
Across the UK
Herkus in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#365 in 2019
1 years of NISRA records, 4 total registered
Related
Names similar to Herkus
- Harry 141,693
- Henry 65,177
- Harrison 45,958
- Harvey 35,648
- Harley 22,095
- Hugo 18,779
- Hayden 12,622
- Hunter 10,350
- Hudson 9,104
- Hamza 8,564
- Hassan 5,982
- Hasan 3,599
FAQ
Herkus: questions and answers
How popular is the name Herkus in the UK right now?
In 2024, Herkus was ranked #1595 for boys in England and Wales, with 16 births registered.
When was Herkus most popular?
The peak year on record was 2019, with 31 babies registered as Herkus in England and Wales.
How many people are called Herkus in the UK?
A total of 223 babies have been registered as Herkus across the 15 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 4 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Herkus most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Herkus ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #365 in 2019. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.