Girls' name · since 1961
Heike
134 babies named Heike in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1966. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,947 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 134
- born since 1961
- 1960s
- peak decade
Heike sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 134 recorded since 1961.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Heike has been recorded 134 times among girls since 1961, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 1988.
- #23,947 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 134 born since 1961
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Heike ranks #23,947 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 134 born since 1961, peaking in the 1960s.
- #23,947 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 134
- born since 1961
- 1960s
- peak decade
Heike's 134 recorded births place it above 66.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Heike's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Heike's SSA record in two at 1968 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1970, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1966 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Heike popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1988
- Peak year (1966)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Heike by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (92 births, 69% of the file).
1960s was Heike's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Heike births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
92 births
- 1970s 36
1970s
36 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 92 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Heike's decade-level peak was the 1960s (92 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Heike: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1966)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1961–1988 (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 Heike 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.