Heathcliff — #13448 US boys' name
26 babies named Heathcliff in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 6% of names given to boys today.
58% of everyone ever named Heathcliff was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Heathcliff in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Heathcliff
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Heathcliff between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Heathcliff currently holds the #13448 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Heathcliff performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Heathcliff shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Heathcliff 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 26 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.
Heathcliff at a glance
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Current rank
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Heathcliff popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2011
- Peak year (2020)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
Currently ranks #13448 among boys.
26 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 6 births in a single year.
Heathcliff by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 15 births that decade — 58% of Heathcliff's all-time total
Heathcliff decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Heathcliff's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% 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, 2011–2024 (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.