Girls' name · since 2015
Heysel
57 babies named Heysel in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,454 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,372 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 57
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
57 babies have been named Heysel since 2015, making it today's #9372 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Heysel recorded 57 times among girls since 2015, holding rank #9372 nationally today, ahead of 46% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #33,454 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,372 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 57 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Heysel ranks #33,454 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,372 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 57 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #33,454 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,372 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 57
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Heysel's 57 recorded births place it above 53.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Heysel compares
57 17th percentile among 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
Heysel's all-time total is 85% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Heysel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 57 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Heysel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Heysel's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Heysel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Heysel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (52 births, 91% of the file).
2020s was Heysel's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 91% of all-time use.
Heysel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 52 births (91% 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, 2015–2025 (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 Heysel 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.