Girls' name · since 2006
Heela
Heela has 149 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,822 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,070 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 149
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Heela currently ranks #7070 among girls' names in America, with 149 babies recorded since 2006.
Social Security Administration records show Heela recorded 149 times among girls since 2006, holding rank #7070 nationally today, ahead of 59% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #22,822 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,070 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 149 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Heela ranks #22,822 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,070 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 149 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,822 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,070 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 149
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Heela's 149 recorded births place it above 68.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Virginia.
How Heela compares
149 31st percentile among 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
Heela's all-time total is 60% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Heela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 149 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Heela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Heela's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Heela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Heela by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (80 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Heela's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Heela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 80 births (54% of all-time use).
Heela by state
Where Heela concentrates geographically, total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Virginia | | 12 | 8.1% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 3.4% |
12 of 149 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Heela's data
- Virginia records the most Heelas (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Virginia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2006–2025 (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 Heela 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.