Meanings & themes
Superhero names, secret identities included
49 names · 19 girls · 30 boys · records through 2025
Comics have always named their heroes twice: once for the costume and once for the person underneath. This page is built from the second list, which is the one that works on a birth certificate.
This guide has 49 names: 19 girl names and 30 boy names. A curated set of comic-book hero and alter-ego names matched against the latest US records; only names in real use appear. Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.
Before the names
It is a surprisingly deep and conservative pool — Bruce, Steve, Clark, Diana, Peter and Jean were ordinary mid-century American names long before they were anyone's alter ego.
The newer arrivals are the interesting part: Shuri, Kamala and Riri came from a different naming world entirely, and the records show them charting on their own terms.
Girl names
19 names
Boy names
30 names
- Luke#33 today
- Miles#44 today
- Charles#48 today
- Logan#53 today
- Arthur#87 today
- Max#180 today
- Peter#187 today
- Victor#209 today
- Otto#277 today
- Clark#377 today
- Remy#408 today
- Hank#413 today
- Reed#417 today
- Johnny#457 today
- Frank#513 today
- Scott#534 today
- Bruce#536 today
- Erik#545 today
- Danny#628 today
- Sam#647 today
- Harry#775 today
- Tony#783 today
- Ben#843 today
- Eddie#860 today
- Jean#1169 today
- Norman#1196 today
- Marc#1235 today
- Barry#1520 today
- Steve#1609 today
- Loki#1852 today
Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.
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