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

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Peak · boys
1974 · 1,249 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
29,523
since 1913

Heath over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Heath has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #181, 1974boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#929253
2024#852285
2023#1,053206
2022#862280
2021#957234
2020#992215
2019#945227
2018#936224
2017#890242
2016#874251
2015#831270
2014#923231
2013#858249
2012#863244
2011#853250
2010#761295
2009#681356
2008#716324
2007#903221
2006#776267
2005#797242
2004#16,0995#690288
2003#721255
2002#673275
2001#782216
2000#853187
1999#771206
1998#651268
1997#642259
1996#642261
1995#13,3865#600293
1994#527372
1993#537363
1992#545350
1991#503390
1990#12,9585#461457
1989#402535
1988#9,2447#364552
1987#7,9878#345576
1986#10,9125#338566
1985#7,5638#331593
1984#7,3988#305640
1983#8,0477#302652
1982#10,5175#289709
1981#6,32310#271790
1980#6,7899#247906
1979#7,3138#228998
1978#6,9488#2111,021
1977#5,88810#2071,076
1976#5,21511#1951,151
1975#7,9846#1881,204
1974#4,04115#1811,249
1973#5,19110#2021,072
1972#5,4809#1901,234
1971#5,13610#2251,053
1970#7,0706#278756
1969#6,6176#345524
1968#326548
1967#329516
1966#361433
1965#1,25437
1964#2,66510
1963#3,6466
1962#2,67310
1961#3,6526
1960#2,53511
1959#3,2907
1958#3,2757
1957
1956
1955#2,55810
1954
1953#3,4256
1952#2,51410
1951#3,0667
1950#3,6815
1949#3,0197
1948#2,44310
1947
1946#3,5255
1945#3,3385
1944#2,6338
1943#2,9647
1942#2,5239
1941#3,5055
1940#2,8717
1939
1938
1937#3,5185
1936#2,8547
1935#3,6455
1934#3,6795
1933#3,6425
1932#3,7765
1931
1930#3,0228
1929#3,9595
1928
1927#3,4517
1926#3,3857
1925#3,7416
1924#3,5057
1923#3,8226
1922#2,34713
1921#2,37613
1920#1,82019
1919
1918#3,0968
1917#2,09114
1916#2,9268
1915#3,3926
1914
1913#1,9459
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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 1966

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedNHWashington: #235 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,021 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #246 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,540 boysMNIllinois: #322 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 3,812 boysILWisconsin: #283 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,788 boysWIMichigan: #303 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 4,164 boysMINew York: #425 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 6,545 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedRIOregon: #274 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,495 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedSDIowa: #191 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,690 boysIAIndiana: #314 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,793 boysINOhio: #280 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 3,566 boysOHPennsylvania: #268 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 3,980 boysPANew Jersey: #371 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,235 boysNJConnecticut: #310 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,768 boysCTCalifornia: #430 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 5,021 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedUTColorado: #297 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,772 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedNEMissouri: #290 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,193 boysMOKentucky: #250 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,147 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedWVVirginia: #290 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,848 boysVAMaryland: #285 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,699 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedKSArkansas: #341 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,150 boysARTennessee: #366 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,777 boysTNNorth Carolina: #370 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,303 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #317 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,001 boysOKLouisiana: #362 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,209 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedMSAlabama: #323 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,052 boysALGeorgia: #378 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,218 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedHITexas: #338 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 2,507 boysTXFlorida: #402 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,335 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Iowa#191 · 1 in 1,690
  2. Washington#235 · 1 in 2,021
  3. Minnesota#246 · 1 in 3,540
  4. Kentucky#250 · 1 in 2,147
  5. Pennsylvania#268 · 1 in 3,980

Best ever in a state: #55 in South Dakota, 1974.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#191141 in 1,690
Washington#235121 in 2,021
Minnesota#24691 in 3,540
Kentucky#250131 in 2,147
Pennsylvania#268241 in 3,980
Oregon#27461 in 2,495
Ohio#280261 in 3,566
Wisconsin#28381 in 4,788
Maryland#28581 in 3,699
Missouri#290121 in 3,193
Virginia#290131 in 2,848
Colorado#29761 in 2,772
Michigan#303191 in 4,164
Connecticut#31051 in 4,768
Indiana#314121 in 3,793
Oklahoma#31761 in 3,001
Illinois#322251 in 3,812
Alabama#323101 in 3,052
Texas#338401 in 2,507
Arkansas#34151 in 3,150
Louisiana#362111 in 3,209
Tennessee#36671 in 4,777
North Carolina#370101 in 4,303
New Jersey#37191 in 6,235
Georgia#378101 in 4,218
Florida#402111 in 4,335
New York#425241 in 6,545
California#430331 in 5,021
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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.

See more about Heath
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 (#1,254#361)
  • Biggest drop: 191 spots in 2023 (#862#1,053)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s45#1,945 (1913)#2,690
1920s83#1,820 (1920)#3,156
1930s40#2,854 (1936)#3,448
1940s63#2,443 (1948)#2,980
1950s52#2,514 (1952)#3,116
1960s2,101#326 (1968)#1,779
1970s10,814#181 (1974)#211
1980s6,519#247 (1980)#319
1990s3,219#461 (1990)#588
2000s2,631#673 (2002)#759
2010s2,483#761 (2010)#873
2020s1,473#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.

Heath in 1966

boys
#361
433 births · 1 in 4,119 boys

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #361Heath433
More about 1966

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 4,119 of them was named Heath, which outranked 92.0% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Heath
  1. #358Chuck435
  2. #358Lyle435
  3. #360Mickey434
  4. #361Heath433
  5. #362Dexter430
  6. #362Drew430
  7. #362Isaac430
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 1,207Jarrod#1,720#513
  2. 893Heath#1,254#361
  3. 467Illya#1,294#827
  4. 419Jarrett#1,294#875
  5. 399Reynold#1,360#961
Fallers
  1. 464Quint#986#1,450
  2. 303Dario#934#1,237
  3. 299Darran#1,000#1,299
  4. 281Artie#897#1,178
  5. 268Daryn#716#984

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1966