Heike — girls' name
133 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.
68% of everyone ever named Heike was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Heike in 1966 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Heike
The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Heike between 1961 and 1988, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Heike currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Heike performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Heike shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Heike 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.
Heike at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Heike popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1961
- Peak year (1966)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
133 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1966 with 15 births in a single year.
Heike by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 91 births that decade — 68% of Heike's all-time total
Heike decade highlights
- Peak decade 91 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Heike's strongest decade
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
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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, 1961–1988 (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.