TheNameDBHeather
M FHeather is a given name used predominantly for girls. There have been 527,210 people born with this name in the United States since 1880 — 525,733 as girls and 1,477 as boys. Heather gained popularity in the 1960s, peaked in 1975 and has since declined significantly.
Popularity Over Time
Yearly Data
| Year | Births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 168 |
| 2023 | 171 |
| 2022 | 180 |
| 2021 | 173 |
| 2020 | 151 |
| 2019 | 162 |
| 2018 | 211 |
| 2017 | 223 |
| 2016 | 274 |
| 2015 | 281 |
| 2014 | 331 |
| 2013 | 316 |
| 2012 | 330 |
| 2011 | 391 |
| 2010 | 421 |
| 2009 | 555 |
| 2008 | 654 |
| 2007 | 804 |
| 2006 | 974 |
| 2005 | 1,067 |
| 2004 | 1,304 |
| 2003 | 1,617 |
| 2002 | 2,068 |
| 2001 | 2,274 |
| 2000 | 2,684 |
| 1999 | 2,893 |
| 1998 | 3,404 |
| 1997 | 3,772 |
| 1996 | 4,768 |
| 1995 | 6,047 |
| 1994 | 7,040 |
| 1993 | 8,120 |
| 1992 | 9,740 |
| 1991 | 11,728 |
| 1990 | 14,244 |
| 1989 | 16,307 |
| 1988 | 18,091 |
| 1987 | 19,044 |
| 1986 | 19,854 |
| 1985 | 21,222 |
| 1984 | 21,568 |
| 1983 | 20,817 |
| 1982 | 17,541 |
| 1981 | 17,995 |
| 1980 | 20,050 |
| 1979 | 20,908 |
| 1978 | 22,341 |
| 1977 | 23,848 |
| 1976 | 24,274 |
| 1975 | 24,367 |
| 1974 | 23,257 |
| 1973 | 19,393 |
| 1972 | 16,378 |
| 1971 | 15,059 |
| 1970 | 14,713 |
| 1969 | 10,095 |
| 1968 | 5,511 |
| 1967 | 3,914 |
| 1966 | 2,905 |
| 1965 | 2,506 |
| 1964 | 2,390 |
| 1963 | 2,090 |
| 1962 | 1,290 |
| 1961 | 1,105 |
| 1960 | 971 |
| 1959 | 911 |
| 1958 | 732 |
| 1957 | 663 |
| 1956 | 662 |
| 1955 | 616 |
| 1954 | 541 |
| 1953 | 427 |
| 1952 | 381 |
| 1951 | 308 |
| 1950 | 310 |
| 1949 | 249 |
| 1948 | 215 |
| 1947 | 272 |
| 1946 | 237 |
| 1945 | 175 |
| 1944 | 131 |
| 1943 | 166 |
| 1942 | 159 |
| 1941 | 131 |
| 1940 | 106 |
| 1939 | 94 |
| 1938 | 76 |
| 1937 | 52 |
| 1936 | 52 |
| 1935 | 63 |
| 1934 | 41 |
| 1933 | 30 |
| 1932 | 11 |
| 1931 | 7 |
| 1930 | 8 |
| 1929 | 9 |
| 1923 | 8 |
| 1922 | 5 |
| 1920 | 5 |
| 1917 | 5 |
| 1914 | 8 |