Heather was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #3 in 1975 but is far less common today.
Heather is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,264 for girl births in the United States (and #2,396 across all names), given to 177 babies. Heather was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 1975 (24,301 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 177 | 177 | #1,264 | — |
| 2024 | 170 | 170 | #1,345 | — |
| 2023 | 171 | 171 | #1,326 | — |
| 2022 | 181 | 181 | #1,304 | — |
| 2021 | 173 | 173 | #1,307 | — |
| 2020 | 151 | 151 | #1,443 | — |
| 2019 | 162 | 162 | #1,387 | — |
| 2018 | 211 | 211 | #1,152 | — |
| 2017 | 223 | 223 | #1,126 | — |
| 2016 | 275 | 275 | #977 | — |
| 2015 | 281 | 281 | #965 | — |
| 2014 | 331 | 331 | #837 | — |
| 2013 | 316 | 316 | #835 | — |
| 2012 | 330 | 330 | #812 | — |
| 2011 | 391 | 391 | #711 | — |
| 2010 | 421 | 421 | #682 | — |
| 2009 | 555 | 555 | #548 | — |
| 2008 | 654 | 654 | #484 | — |
| 2007 | 804 | 804 | #408 | #13,045 |
| 2006 | 974 | 974 | #339 | — |
| 2005 | 1,067 | 1,067 | #300 | — |
| 2004 | 1,304 | 1,304 | #244 | — |
| 2003 | 1,617 | 1,617 | #206 | — |
| 2002 | 2,068 | 2,068 | #159 | — |
| 2001 | 2,274 | 2,274 | #146 | — |
| 2000 | 2,684 | 2,684 | #125 | — |
| 1999 | 2,893 | 2,893 | #112 | #9,126 |
| 1998 | 3,404 | 3,404 | #99 | #7,887 |
| 1997 | 3,772 | — | #90 | #9,812 |
| 1996 | 4,768 | — | #71 | #6,176 |
| 1995 | 6,047 | — | #54 | #4,128 |
| 1994 | 7,040 | — | #44 | #7,252 |
| 1993 | 8,120 | — | #38 | #3,720 |
| 1992 | 9,741 | — | #31 | #3,816 |
| 1991 | 11,728 | — | #23 | #2,705 |
| 1990 | 14,244 | — | #19 | #2,730 |
| 1989 | 16,307 | — | #15 | #1,427 |
| 1988 | 18,091 | — | #14 | #1,362 |
| 1987 | 19,044 | — | #9 | #1,241 |
| 1986 | 19,855 | — | #9 | #1,178 |
| 1985 | 21,221 | — | #8 | #1,113 |
| 1984 | 21,568 | — | #9 | #1,004 |
| 1983 | 20,817 | — | #9 | #1,063 |
| 1982 | 17,539 | — | #12 | #1,402 |
| 1981 | 17,995 | — | #10 | #1,347 |
| 1980 | 20,050 | — | #6 | #1,032 |
| 1979 | 20,908 | — | #7 | #1,031 |
| 1978 | 22,341 | — | #5 | #1,035 |
| 1977 | 23,848 | — | #5 | #995 |
| 1976 | 24,274 | — | #4 | #924 |
| 1975 | 24,366 | — | #3 | #1,024 |
| 1974 | 23,256 | — | #4 | #930 |
| 1973 | 19,394 | — | #8 | #1,210 |
| 1972 | 16,378 | — | #9 | #1,065 |
| 1971 | 15,057 | — | #12 | #1,339 |
| 1970 | 14,712 | — | #19 | #1,270 |
| 1969 | 10,096 | — | #34 | #1,581 |
| 1968 | 5,512 | — | #62 | #2,814 |
| 1967 | 3,914 | — | #87 | #2,670 |
| 1966 | 2,905 | — | #125 | #3,090 |
| 1965 | 2,505 | — | #150 | #3,375 |
| 1964 | 2,391 | — | #160 | #4,282 |
| 1963 | 2,090 | — | #183 | — |
| 1962 | 1,290 | — | #247 | #3,439 |
| 1961 | 1,105 | — | #276 | — |
| 1960 | 971 | — | #298 | — |
| 1959 | 911 | — | #302 | — |
| 1958 | 731 | — | #344 | — |
| 1957 | 663 | — | #354 | — |
| 1956 | 662 | — | #342 | — |
| 1955 | 616 | — | #347 | — |
| 1954 | 541 | — | #375 | — |
| 1953 | 427 | — | #419 | — |
| 1952 | 381 | — | #440 | — |
| 1951 | 308 | — | #473 | — |
| 1950 | 310 | — | #461 | — |
| 1949 | 249 | — | #519 | — |
| 1948 | 215 | — | #568 | — |
| 1947 | 272 | — | #499 | — |
| 1946 | 237 | — | #512 | — |
| 1945 | 175 | — | #554 | — |
| 1944 | 131 | — | #645 | — |
| 1943 | 166 | — | #585 | — |
| 1942 | 159 | — | #587 | — |
| 1941 | 131 | — | #617 | — |
| 1940 | 106 | — | #673 | — |
| 1939 | 94 | — | #701 | — |
| 1938 | 76 | — | #808 | — |
| 1937 | 52 | — | #969 | — |
| 1936 | 52 | — | #959 | — |
| 1935 | 63 | — | #870 | — |
| 1934 | 41 | — | #1,109 | — |
| 1933 | 30 | — | #1,322 | — |
| 1932 | 11 | — | #2,721 | — |
| 1931 | 7 | — | #3,648 | — |
| 1930 | 8 | — | #3,477 | — |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #3,244 | — |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,768 | — |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #5,337 | — |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #5,302 | — |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,908 | — |
| 1914 | 8 | — | #2,743 | — |