Heath
- Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099
- #929 for boys in 2025, 253 births
- Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Around 1965: The Big Valley (TV)
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1974 · 1,249 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 29,523since 1913
Heath over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Heath has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #929 | 253 | |
| 2024 | — | #852 | 285 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,053 | 206 | |
| 2022 | — | #862 | 280 | |
| 2021 | — | #957 | 234 | |
| 2020 | — | #992 | 215 | |
| 2019 | — | #945 | 227 | |
| 2018 | — | #936 | 224 | |
| 2017 | — | #890 | 242 | |
| 2016 | — | #874 | 251 | |
| 2015 | — | #831 | 270 | |
| 2014 | — | #923 | 231 | |
| 2013 | — | #858 | 249 | |
| 2012 | — | #863 | 244 | |
| 2011 | — | #853 | 250 | |
| 2010 | — | #761 | 295 | |
| 2009 | — | #681 | 356 | |
| 2008 | — | #716 | 324 | |
| 2007 | — | #903 | 221 | |
| 2006 | — | #776 | 267 | |
| 2005 | — | #797 | 242 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #690 | 288 |
| 2003 | — | #721 | 255 | |
| 2002 | — | #673 | 275 | |
| 2001 | — | #782 | 216 | |
| 2000 | — | #853 | 187 | |
| 1999 | — | #771 | 206 | |
| 1998 | — | #651 | 268 | |
| 1997 | — | #642 | 259 | |
| 1996 | — | #642 | 261 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #600 | 293 |
| 1994 | — | #527 | 372 | |
| 1993 | — | #537 | 363 | |
| 1992 | — | #545 | 350 | |
| 1991 | — | #503 | 390 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #461 | 457 |
| 1989 | — | #402 | 535 | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #364 | 552 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #345 | 576 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #338 | 566 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #331 | 593 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #305 | 640 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #302 | 652 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #289 | 709 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #271 | 790 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #247 | 906 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #228 | 998 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #211 | 1,021 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #207 | 1,076 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #195 | 1,151 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #188 | 1,204 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | #181 | 1,249 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #202 | 1,072 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #190 | 1,234 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #225 | 1,053 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #278 | 756 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #345 | 524 |
| 1968 | — | #326 | 548 | |
| 1967 | — | #329 | 516 | |
| 1966 | — | #361 | 433 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,254 | 37 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,535 | 11 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,514 | 10 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,376 | 13 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,820 | 19 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | #3,096 | 8 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
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| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Heath! It came in at #1,945, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Heath is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Missouri#489 · 1 in 2,318
- Utah#515 · 1 in 2,458
- Tennessee#551 · 1 in 2,828
- Wisconsin#570 · 1 in 2,929
- Pennsylvania#577 · 1 in 3,266
Best ever in a state: #55 in South Dakota, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | #489 | 12 | 1 in 2,318 |
| Utah | #515 | 8 | 1 in 2,458 |
| Tennessee | #551 | 13 | 1 in 2,828 |
| Wisconsin | #570 | 8 | 1 in 2,929 |
| Pennsylvania | #577 | 16 | 1 in 3,266 |
| Kansas | #590 | 5 | 1 in 2,809 |
| Oregon | #604 | 5 | 1 in 3,012 |
| Arizona | #634 | 10 | 1 in 3,272 |
| Washington | #684 | 9 | 1 in 3,644 |
| Minnesota | #718 | 6 | 1 in 4,083 |
| North Carolina | #825 | 10 | 1 in 5,147 |
| Georgia | #853 | 10 | 1 in 5,022 |
| Illinois | #935 | 8 | 1 in 6,194 |
| California | #957 | 23 | 1 in 7,629 |
| Florida | #958 | 14 | 1 in 6,824 |
| Michigan | #999 | 6 | 1 in 6,699 |
| Virginia | #1,089 | 5 | 1 in 7,451 |
| New York | #1,202 | 9 | 1 in 9,380 |
| Texas | #1,555 | 11 | 1 in 15,914 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 77 spots since 2024 (#852 → #929)
- 63 spots since 2020 (#992 → #929)
- 98 spots since 2015 (#831 → #929)
- Biggest jump: 893 spots in 1966
- Biggest drop: 191 spots in 2023
Rise & fade · boys
61 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1974 at #181 (1,249 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 59 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1966–2022
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,259
- Highest: 1 in 1,259 boys born in 1974 were named Heath (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,751 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 36.6% of all boys named Heath (10,814) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 45 | #1,945 (1913) | #2,690 |
| 1920s | 83 | #1,820 (1920) | #3,156 |
| 1930s | 40 | #2,854 (1936) | #3,448 |
| 1940s | 63 | #2,443 (1948) | #2,980 |
| 1950s | 52 | #2,514 (1952) | #3,116 |
| 1960s | 2,101 | #326 (1968) | #1,779 |
| 1970s | 10,814 | #181 (1974) | #211 |
| 1980s | 6,519 | #247 (1980) | #319 |
| 1990s | 3,219 | #461 (1990) | #588 |
| 2000s | 2,631 | #673 (2002) | #759 |
| 2010s | 2,483 | #761 (2010) | #873 |
| 2020s | 1,473 | #852 (2024) | #941 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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