Recorded 1979–2007 Girls' name Peak 1992 253 births

Heena — girls' name

253 babies named Heena in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s61980s891990s1122000s46
1990s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Heena was born in this single decade.

1992
Single peak year

22 babies were named Heena in 1992 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Heena

The Social Security Administration has registered 253 babies named Heena between 1979 and 2007, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Heena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Heena performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Heena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Heena in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Heena 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 253 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.

Heena at a glance

Last recorded 2007

Total births

253

Since 1979

29 years of records

Peak year

1992

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2007

Active since

1979

Recorded for 29 years

Last year on file: 2007

Heena popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1979

Last recorded 2007
Peak year (1992)
22
Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
0510152025 20072001199719931989198519801979 6

Heena by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
112 births that decade — 44% of Heena's all-time total
1970s61980s891990s1122000s46

Heena by state

Where Heena concentrates geographically — total births since 1979

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Heena
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Illinois
11 4.3%
#2 California
10 4.0%
#3 Texas
10 4.0%
Illinois share of Heena's total US births 4.3%
Even split

11 of 253 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Heena?
253 babies have been named Heena since 1979. It was last recorded in 2007. The peak year was 1992 with 22 births.
When was Heena most popular?
Heena was most popular in the 1990s decade with 112 total births. The single peak year was 1992.
Where is Heena most popular?
The top states for the name Heena are Illinois (11 births), California (10 births), Texas (10 births).
How long has the name Heena been used?
Heena has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 29 years of data through 2007.
What names are similar to Heena?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Heer, Heela, Heera, Hee, and 2 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1979–2007 (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.