Heater — girls' name
53 babies named Heater in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Heater was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Heater in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Heater
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Heater between 1973 and 1987, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Heater currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Heater performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Heater shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Heater in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 53 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Heater at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Heater popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1973
- Peak year (1987)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
53 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 12 births in a single year.
Heater by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 30 births that decade — 57% of Heater's all-time total
Heater decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Heater's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–1987 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.