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Heather name popularity by year

Heather: 24,301 US girls in 1975; 177 in 2025. Annual usage fell 99.3% from its 1950–2025 peak, in Social Security records.

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  • Heather: 310 in 1950, 177 in 2025 (43% lower). It peaked at 24,301 in 1975.

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The gap between Heather's peak and its recent usage is substantial: 24,301 US girls in 1975, compared with 177 in 2025. The count was 310 in 1950 and 2,684 in 2000. By 2025, it was 177, a decline of 99.3% from the peak displayed. The annual chart follows this exact spelling, rather than grouping together similar names or nicknames.

The more recent observations show 421 girls named Heather in 2010 and 151 in 2020. Social Security counts names from applications associated with a birth year; these totals do not count everyone alive who has the name. The source suppresses names used fewer than five times, but every year shown here has a published count.

The data

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names from Social Security card applications (names given to 5 or more babies). Retrieved November 5, 2026. US girls with this exact spelling, by birth year. Counts reflect Social Security applications, not all people currently bearing the name. Names with fewer than five occurrences are suppressed; every displayed year has a reported count.

The rise and fall of Heather, US girls named Heather, 1950–2025, 1950–2025
DateHeather
1950310
1951308
1952381
1953427
1954541
1955616
1956662
1957663
1958731
1959911
1960971
19611,105
19621,283
19632,090
19642,386
19652,498
19662,897
19673,904
19685,502
196910,069
197014,669
197115,017
197216,320
197319,347
197423,179
197524,301
197624,192
197723,773
197822,270
197920,834
198019,973
198117,946
198217,493
198320,747
198421,489
198521,151
198619,790
198718,982
198818,033
198916,248
199014,220
199111,703
19929,725
19938,103
19947,033
19956,032
19964,759
19973,767
19983,397
19992,887
20002,684
20012,274
20022,068
20031,617
20041,304
20051,067
2006974
2007799
2008654
2009555
2010421
2011391
2012330
2013316
2014331
2015281
2016275
2017223
2018211
2019162
2020151
2021173
2022181
2023171
2024170
2025177

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How popular is the name Heather?

Social Security recorded 177 US girls named Heather in 2025, the latest birth year in this series. The annual count was 99.3% below its displayed peak.

When was Heather most popular?

Within the 1950–2025 series, Heather reached its highest annual count in 1975, with 24,301 girls. This identifies the highest count, not the name’s rank or its share of all births.

What does the name count include?

The figures cover US girls recorded under the exact spelling Heather in Social Security applications, grouped by birth year. They are annual name counts, not the number of living people with the name.

Where does this data come from?

U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names from Social Security card applications (names given to 5 or more babies). Retrieved November 5, 2026. US girls with this exact spelling, by birth year. Counts reflect Social Security applications, not all people currently bearing the name. Names with fewer than five occurrences are suppressed; every displayed year has a reported count. You can download the full table as a CSV from this page.

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