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.

Heaven

#814 most common girls' name of all time · #1,476 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among girls
#814
Rank overall
#1,476 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
30,804
Since 2016
7,531
Peak year
2006 #253
Best rank
#245 2005
Girls Boys peak 1,370/yr
198020002020

Heaven first appears in 1971. 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 556 13 569 #543
2024 650 19 669 #476
2023 593 7 600 #512
2022 638 23 661 #495
2021 642 22 664 #491
2020 725 22 747 #423
2019 749 20 769 #422
2018 835 12 847 #375
2017 969 13 982 #334
2016 1,006 17 1,023 #324
2015 952 16 968 #347
2014 1,002 12 1,014 #336
2013 997 11 1,008 #324
2012 1,002 15 1,017 #321
2011 991 13 1,004 #317
2010 992 19 1,011 #322
2009 1,208 17 1,225 #270
2008 1,249 13 1,262 #274
2007 1,300 11 1,311 #263
2006 1,348 22 1,370 #253
2005 1,334 16 1,350 #245
2004 1,211 14 1,225 #268
2003 1,192 15 1,207 #263
2002 1,135 16 1,151 #276
2001 1,065 14 1,079 #294
2000 903 14 917 #341
1999 721 16 737 #389
1998 808 6 814 #358
1997 531 9 540 #475
1996 389 — 389 #587
1995 417 6 423 #558
1994 357 — 357 #622
1993 269 — 269 #770
1992 259 — 259 #788
1991 266 — 266 #775
1990 230 — 230 #858
1989 166 — 166 #1,036
1988 131 — 131 #1,171
1987 104 — 104 #1,328
1986 85 — 85 #1,482
1985 29 — 29 #3,151
1984 24 — 24 #3,504
1983 17 — 17 #4,419
1982 19 — 19 #4,131
1981 24 — 24 #3,522
1980 35 — 35 #2,695
1979 39 — 39 #2,429
1978 27 — 27 #2,999
1977 28 — 28 #2,905
1976 44 — 44 #2,022
1975 37 — 37 #2,276
1974 35 — 35 #2,289
1973 13 — 13 #4,563
1972 5 — 5 #9,268
1971 8 — 8 #6,571