Boys' name · since 2019
Heir
Heir has 72 recorded births since 2019 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,631 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,185 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 72
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Heir currently ranks #8185 among boys' names in America, with 72 babies recorded since 2019.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Heir has been recorded 72 times among boys since 2019, currently ranked #8185 nationally and more common than 41% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2025.
- #19,631 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,185 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 72 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Heir ranks #19,631 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,185 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 72 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,631 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,185 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 72
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Heir's 72 recorded births place it above 56.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Heir compares
72 21st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Heir's all-time total is 80% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Heir | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 72 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Heir's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Heir's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2019, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Heir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Heir by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (67 births, 93% of the file).
2020s was Heir's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 93% of all-time use.
Heir births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 67 births (93% of all-time use).
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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, 2019–2025 (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 Heir 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.