Girls' name · since 1968
Heatherly
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 86 babies named Heatherly, peaking in 1973. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,815 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Heatherly is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 86 have been recorded since 1968.
Social Security Administration records show Heatherly recorded 86 times among girls since 1968, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1989.
- #28,815 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 86 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Heatherly ranks #28,815 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #28,815 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Heatherly's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Heatherly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Heatherly's full recorded timeline at 1975, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Heatherly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1989
- Peak year (1973)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Heatherly by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (64 births, 74% of the file).
1970s was Heatherly's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Heatherly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
64 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 64 births (74% of all-time use).
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What to do with Heatherly's data
- Heatherly's decade-level peak was the 1970s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Heatherly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1968–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Heatherly draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.