Heather
#61 most common girls' name of all time · #126 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1914–2025
Rank among girls
#61
Rank overall
#126 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
102 of 146
All-time
527,387
Since 2016
1,894
Peak year
1975 #3
Best rank
#3 1975
Girls
Boys
peak 24,366/yr
Heather first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 177 | — | 177 | #1,266 |
| 2024 | 170 | — | 170 | #1,342 |
| 2023 | 171 | — | 171 | #1,326 |
| 2022 | 181 | — | 181 | #1,305 |
| 2021 | 173 | — | 173 | #1,306 |
| 2020 | 151 | — | 151 | #1,442 |
| 2019 | 162 | — | 162 | #1,386 |
| 2018 | 211 | — | 211 | #1,151 |
| 2017 | 223 | — | 223 | #1,125 |
| 2016 | 275 | — | 275 | #976 |
| 2015 | 281 | — | 281 | #965 |
| 2014 | 331 | — | 331 | #837 |
| 2013 | 316 | — | 316 | #836 |
| 2012 | 330 | — | 330 | #811 |
| 2011 | 391 | — | 391 | #710 |
| 2010 | 421 | — | 421 | #682 |
| 2009 | 555 | — | 555 | #550 |
| 2008 | 654 | — | 654 | #483 |
| 2007 | 799 | 5 | 804 | #408 |
| 2006 | 974 | — | 974 | #339 |
| 2005 | 1,067 | — | 1,067 | #300 |
| 2004 | 1,304 | — | 1,304 | #244 |
| 2003 | 1,617 | — | 1,617 | #206 |
| 2002 | 2,068 | — | 2,068 | #159 |
| 2001 | 2,274 | — | 2,274 | #146 |
| 2000 | 2,684 | — | 2,684 | #126 |
| 1999 | 2,887 | 6 | 2,893 | #112 |
| 1998 | 3,397 | 7 | 3,404 | #99 |
| 1997 | 3,767 | 5 | 3,772 | #90 |
| 1996 | 4,759 | 9 | 4,768 | #71 |
| 1995 | 6,032 | 15 | 6,047 | #54 |
| 1994 | 7,033 | 7 | 7,040 | #44 |
| 1993 | 8,103 | 17 | 8,120 | #38 |
| 1992 | 9,725 | 16 | 9,741 | #31 |
| 1991 | 11,703 | 25 | 11,728 | #23 |
| 1990 | 14,220 | 24 | 14,244 | #19 |
| 1989 | 16,248 | 59 | 16,307 | #15 |
| 1988 | 18,033 | 58 | 18,091 | #14 |
| 1987 | 18,982 | 62 | 19,044 | #9 |
| 1986 | 19,790 | 65 | 19,855 | #9 |
| 1985 | 21,151 | 70 | 21,221 | #8 |
| 1984 | 21,489 | 79 | 21,568 | #9 |
| 1983 | 20,747 | 70 | 20,817 | #9 |
| 1982 | 17,493 | 46 | 17,539 | #12 |
| 1981 | 17,946 | 49 | 17,995 | #10 |
| 1980 | 19,973 | 77 | 20,050 | #6 |
| 1979 | 20,834 | 74 | 20,908 | #7 |
| 1978 | 22,270 | 71 | 22,341 | #5 |
| 1977 | 23,773 | 75 | 23,848 | #5 |
| 1976 | 24,192 | 82 | 24,274 | #4 |
| 1975 | 24,301 | 65 | 24,366 | #3 |
| 1974 | 23,179 | 77 | 23,256 | #4 |
| 1973 | 19,347 | 47 | 19,394 | #8 |
| 1972 | 16,320 | 58 | 16,378 | #9 |
| 1971 | 15,017 | 40 | 15,057 | #12 |
| 1970 | 14,669 | 43 | 14,712 | #19 |
| 1969 | 10,069 | 27 | 10,096 | #34 |
| 1968 | 5,502 | 10 | 5,512 | #62 |
| 1967 | 3,904 | 10 | 3,914 | #87 |
| 1966 | 2,897 | 8 | 2,905 | #125 |
| 1965 | 2,498 | 7 | 2,505 | #150 |
| 1964 | 2,386 | 5 | 2,391 | #160 |
| 1963 | 2,090 | — | 2,090 | #183 |
| 1962 | 1,283 | 7 | 1,290 | #247 |
| 1961 | 1,105 | — | 1,105 | #276 |
| 1960 | 971 | — | 971 | #298 |
| 1959 | 911 | — | 911 | #302 |
| 1958 | 731 | — | 731 | #344 |
| 1957 | 663 | — | 663 | #354 |
| 1956 | 662 | — | 662 | #342 |
| 1955 | 616 | — | 616 | #347 |
| 1954 | 541 | — | 541 | #375 |
| 1953 | 427 | — | 427 | #419 |
| 1952 | 381 | — | 381 | #440 |
| 1951 | 308 | — | 308 | #474 |
| 1950 | 310 | — | 310 | #461 |
| 1949 | 249 | — | 249 | #521 |
| 1948 | 215 | — | 215 | #568 |
| 1947 | 272 | — | 272 | #500 |
| 1946 | 237 | — | 237 | #512 |
| 1945 | 175 | — | 175 | #556 |
| 1944 | 131 | — | 131 | #646 |
| 1943 | 166 | — | 166 | #585 |
| 1942 | 159 | — | 159 | #588 |
| 1941 | 131 | — | 131 | #619 |
| 1940 | 106 | — | 106 | #674 |
| 1939 | 94 | — | 94 | #704 |
| 1938 | 76 | — | 76 | #810 |
| 1937 | 52 | — | 52 | #976 |
| 1936 | 52 | — | 52 | #958 |
| 1935 | 63 | — | 63 | #873 |
| 1934 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,117 |
| 1933 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,327 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,772 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,700 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,548 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,319 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,841 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,305 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,305 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,922 |
| 1914 | 8 | — | 8 | #2,861 |