Girls' name · since 1978
Heba
1,403 babies named Heba in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,958 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,979 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,403
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Heba currently ranks #5979 among girls' names in America, with 1,403 babies recorded since 1978.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Heba has been recorded 1,403 times among girls since 1978, currently ranked #5979 nationally and more common than 65% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #5,958 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,979 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,403 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Heba ranks #5,958 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,979 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,403 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,958 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,979 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,403
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Heba's 1,403 recorded births place it above 91.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Heba compares
1,403 Top 27% higher than 73% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Heba's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Heba | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,403 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 51 | 21 | 19,840 |
Heba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Heba splits its recorded history at 2003: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (8 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 51 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Heba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Heba by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (434 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Heba's strongest decade.
434 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Heba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s 133
1980s
133 births
- 1990s
1990s
352 births
- 2000s
2000s
434 births
- 2010s
2010s
318 births
- 2020s 153
2020s
153 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 434 births (31% of all-time use).
How Heba compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Heba's total volume
Heba by state
Where Heba concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 98 | 7.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 87 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 49 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 49 | 3.5% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 32 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 31 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 7 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 7 | 0.5% |
98 of 1,403 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Heba's data
- Heba's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (434 total births) through the 2020s (153) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Hebas (98 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Heba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Heba 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.