Heather
Rank in 2025
#1261
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
177
girls 177
Peak year
1975
24,301 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
527,387
since 1914
Born a Heather? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Heather was most popular in 1975, when 24,301 babies recorded as girls got the name (16.7 per 1,000). In 2025, 177 babies were named Heather, ranking #1261 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 177 | 1261 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 170 | 1341 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 171 | 1324 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 181 | 1304 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 173 | 1304 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 151 | 1442 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 162 | 1383 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 211 | 1150 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 223 | 1124 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 275 | 975 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 281 | 964 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 331 | 836 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 316 | 835 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 330 | 811 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 391 | 710 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 421 | 681 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 555 | 548 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 654 | 483 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 799 | 408 | 5 | 12367 |
| 2006 | 974 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,067 | 300 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,304 | 244 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 1,617 | 206 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 2,068 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 2,274 | 146 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 2,684 | 125 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 2,887 | 112 | 6 | 8704 |
| 1998 | 3,397 | 99 | 7 | 7560 |
| 1997 | 3,767 | 90 | 5 | 9265 |
| 1996 | 4,759 | 71 | 9 | 5982 |
| 1995 | 6,032 | 54 | 15 | 4052 |
| 1994 | 7,033 | 44 | 7 | 6968 |
| 1993 | 8,103 | 38 | 17 | 3661 |
| 1992 | 9,725 | 31 | 16 | 3748 |
| 1991 | 11,703 | 23 | 25 | 2683 |
| 1990 | 14,220 | 19 | 24 | 2695 |
| 1989 | 16,248 | 15 | 59 | 1425 |
| 1988 | 18,033 | 14 | 58 | 1355 |
| 1987 | 18,982 | 9 | 62 | 1234 |
| 1986 | 19,790 | 9 | 65 | 1174 |
| 1985 | 21,151 | 8 | 70 | 1110 |
| 1984 | 21,489 | 9 | 79 | 1000 |
| 1983 | 20,747 | 9 | 70 | 1059 |
| 1982 | 17,493 | 12 | 46 | 1395 |
| 1981 | 17,946 | 10 | 49 | 1334 |
| 1980 | 19,973 | 6 | 77 | 1031 |
| 1979 | 20,834 | 7 | 74 | 1028 |
| 1978 | 22,270 | 5 | 71 | 1034 |
| 1977 | 23,773 | 5 | 75 | 989 |
| 1976 | 24,192 | 4 | 82 | 921 |
| 1975 | 24,301 | 3 | 65 | 1019 |
| 1974 | 23,179 | 4 | 77 | 923 |
| 1973 | 19,347 | 8 | 47 | 1201 |
| 1972 | 16,320 | 9 | 58 | 1060 |
| 1971 | 15,017 | 12 | 40 | 1330 |
| 1970 | 14,669 | 19 | 43 | 1260 |
| 1969 | 10,069 | 34 | 27 | 1570 |
| 1968 | 5,502 | 62 | 10 | 2735 |
| 1967 | 3,904 | 87 | 10 | 2611 |
| 1966 | 2,897 | 125 | 8 | 2986 |
| 1965 | 2,498 | 149 | 7 | 3244 |
| 1964 | 2,386 | 160 | 5 | 4039 |
| 1963 | 2,090 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 1,283 | 247 | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | 1,105 | 276 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 971 | 298 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 911 | 302 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 731 | 344 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 663 | 354 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 662 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 616 | 347 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 541 | 375 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 427 | 418 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 381 | 440 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 308 | 473 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 310 | 460 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 249 | 518 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 215 | 567 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 272 | 499 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 237 | 512 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 175 | 554 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 131 | 643 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 166 | 584 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 159 | 585 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 131 | 616 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 106 | 672 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 94 | 701 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 76 | 807 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 52 | 964 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 52 | 951 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 63 | 866 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 41 | 1098 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 30 | 1311 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 11 | 2644 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 7 | 3497 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 8 | 3345 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 9 | 3137 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 8 | 3641 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 5 | 5009 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 5 | 4975 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 5 | 4594 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1915 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 8 | 2638 | <5 | — |
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- New York1.4×
- California1.3×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years