Heather — #1356 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Heather

The Social Security Administration has registered 525,733 babies named Heather between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Heather currently holds the #1356 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 24,302 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Heather performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 203,906 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Heather shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 47,763 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Heather in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Heather 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 525,733 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.