Boys' name · since 2014
Hein
Since 2014, U.S. Social Security records show 11 babies named Hein, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,538 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 2014
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hein is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 11 have been recorded since 2014.
Hein has 11 recorded births among boys since 2014, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2014 to 2019.
- #33,538 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 2014
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hein ranks #33,538 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 2014, peaking in the 2010s.
- #33,538 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 2014
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hein's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hein's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hein splits its recorded history at 2019: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hein popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2019
- Peak year (2014)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Hein by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Hein's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Hein births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hein: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~5 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, 2014–2019 (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 Hein 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.