Hever — boys' name
136 babies named Hever in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
64% of everyone ever named Hever was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Hever in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hever
The Social Security Administration has registered 136 babies named Hever between 1992 and 2022, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hever currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hever performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Hever shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hever 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 136 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.
Hever at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hever popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1992
- Peak year (2005)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
136 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 17 births in a single year.
Hever by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 87 births that decade — 64% of Hever's all-time total
Hever decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Hever's strongest decade
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% 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, 1992–2022 (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.