Heela — #7490 US girls' name
133 babies named Heela in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Heela was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Heela in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Heela
The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Heela between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Heela currently holds the #7490 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Heela performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Heela shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Heela in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Heela 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 133 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.
Heela at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Heela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2022)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #7490 among girls.
133 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 15 births in a single year.
Heela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 64 births that decade — 48% of Heela's all-time total
Heela decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Heela's strongest decade
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Heela by state
Where Heela concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 3.8% |
| #3 | Virginia | | 5 | 3.8% |
10 of 133 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.5% of nationwide
- Texas 3.8% of nationwide
- Virginia 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2006–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.