Girls' name · since 1993
Heily
Heily has 745 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,165 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,415 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 745
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
745 babies have been named Heily since 1993, making it today's #4415 girls' name.
Heily has 745 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4415 as of the latest data, more common than 74% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #9,165 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,415 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 745 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Heily ranks #9,165 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,415 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 745 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,165 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,415 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 745
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Heily's 745 recorded births place it above 87.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Heily compares
745 Top 37% higher than 63% of 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
Heily's all-time total is 98% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Heily | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 745 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 54 | 21 | 19,840 |
Heily's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Heily's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 54, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Heily popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Heily by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (292 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Heily's strongest decade.
292 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Heily births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
285 births
- 2010s
2010s
292 births
- 2020s
2020s
148 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 292 births (39% of all-time use).
How Heily compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Heily's total volume
Heily by state
Where Heily concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 112 | 15.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 82 | 11.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 42 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 15 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.7% |
112 of 745 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Heily's data
- Heily's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (292 total births) through the 2020s (148) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Heilys (112 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Heily: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Heily 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.