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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #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
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1955—#2,55810
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1953—#3,4256
1952—#2,51410
1951—#3,0667
1950—#3,6815
1949—#3,0197
1948—#2,44310
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1946—#3,5255
1945—#3,3385
1944—#2,6338
1943—#2,9647
1942—#2,5239
1941—#3,5055
1940—#2,8717
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1937—#3,5185
1936—#2,8547
1935—#3,6455
1934—#3,6795
1933—#3,6425
1932—#3,7765
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1930—#3,0228
1929—#3,9595
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1926—#3,3857
1925—#3,7416
1924—#3,5057
1923—#3,8226
1922—#2,34713
1921—#2,37613
1920—#1,82019
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1917—#2,09114
1916—#2,9268
1915—#3,3926
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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 2017

  • 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: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #629 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,868 boysMNIllinois: #1,055 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,847 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedWIMichigan: #970 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,737 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: #623 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,803 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedORNevada: 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: #463 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,123 boysIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedINOhio: #748 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,305 boysOHPennsylvania: #491 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 3,064 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,225 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 13,482 boysCAUtah: #460 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,258 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedNEMissouri: #750 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,101 boysMOKentucky: #471 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,705 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedWVVirginia: #657 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,528 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedMDDelaware: 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: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedARTennessee: #585 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,627 boysTNNorth Carolina: #644 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,277 boysNCSouth Carolina: #590 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,500 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #679 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,868 boysOKLouisiana: #636 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,408 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,093 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,948 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Heath, so not publishedHITexas: #926 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 8,008 boysTXFlorida: #1,032 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 8,788 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#460 · 1 in 2,258
  2. Iowa#463 · 1 in 2,123
  3. Kentucky#471 · 1 in 2,705
  4. Pennsylvania#491 · 1 in 3,064
  5. Tennessee#585 · 1 in 3,627

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#46091 in 2,258
Iowa#46371 in 2,123
Kentucky#47181 in 2,705
Pennsylvania#491191 in 3,064
Tennessee#585101 in 3,627
South Carolina#59061 in 3,500
Massachusetts#62361 in 4,803
Minnesota#62971 in 3,868
Louisiana#63671 in 3,408
North Carolina#644121 in 4,277
Virginia#65791 in 4,528
Oklahoma#67951 in 3,868
Ohio#748111 in 5,305
Missouri#75061 in 5,101
Texas#926221 in 8,008
Michigan#97061 in 7,737
Florida#1,032111 in 8,788
Illinois#1,05571 in 8,847
Georgia#1,09361 in 8,948
California#1,225161 in 13,482
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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 2017

boys
#890
242 births · 1 in 7,649 boys

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #890Heath242
More about 2017

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 7,649 of them was named Heath, which outranked 93.8% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Heath
  1. #885Micheal243
  2. #885Misael243
  3. #885Shaun243
  4. #890Heath242
  5. #890Keanu242
  6. #890Wesson242
  7. #893Aaden241
  8. #893Ronnie241
  9. #895Darrell240

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

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

See the top 100 for 2017 →