Heber — #3449 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Heber

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,131 babies named Heber between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Heber currently holds the #3449 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 81 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Heber performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 585 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Heber shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 298 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Heber in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Heber 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 3,131 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.