Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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