Heath — #850 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Heath

The Social Security Administration has registered 29,268 babies named Heath between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Heath currently holds the #850 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 1,249 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Heath performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 10,814 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Heath shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,668 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Heath in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Heath 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 29,268 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.