How Many People Are Named Heath?
people named Heath are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,398 people in the US has this name
Based on 29,704 babies named Heath in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,264 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which denoted one who lived on a heath. It was popularized as a given name by the character Heath Barkley from the 1960s television series 'The Big Valley'.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Heath, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Heath alive today is about 38 years old, and 72% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 27 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Heath first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1974, to 1,264 babies. In 2025, 253 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Heath has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #181, in 1974. In 2025 it ranked #932.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #932 |
| Best rank | #181 (1974) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #209 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Heath alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Heath were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,509 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Heath was given 3.3 times as often in South Dakota, 3.2 times in Arkansas and 2.7 times in Kansas.
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