Heaven — #478 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Heaven

The Social Security Administration has registered 29,789 babies named Heaven between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Heaven currently holds the #478 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 1,348 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Heaven performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 11,944 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Heaven shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,270 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Heaven in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Heaven 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 29,789 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.