Heshimu — boys' name
36 babies named Heshimu in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Heshimu was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Heshimu in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Heshimu
The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Heshimu between 1971 and 1975, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Heshimu currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Heshimu performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Heshimu in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Heshimu 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 36 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.
Heshimu at a glance
Last recorded 1975Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Heshimu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1971
- Peak year (1972)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1975.
36 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 15 births in a single year.
Heshimu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 36 births that decade — 100% of Heshimu's all-time total
Heshimu decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Heshimu's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Heshimu by state
Where Heshimu concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 13.9% |
5 of 36 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 13.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1971–1975 (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.