Heather

Girl · recorded 1914–2025

  • #1,261in 2025
  • 1 in 9,080girls in 2025
  • −30%last ten years

Most popular in 1975. Quieter now: down 30% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1914

08,33516,66919141942197019972025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 102 recorded years as a table
Heather, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191411
19175
19204
19224
19237
19298
19307
19317
193210
193330
193439
193560
193650
193749
193869
193986
194093
1941108
1942118
1943119
194499
1945134
1946151
1947153
1948127
1949146
1950181
1951171
1952205
1953227
1954279
1955315
1956330
1957324
1958363
1959450
1960480
1961547
1962652
19631,084
19641,259
19651,415
19661,712
19672,365
19683,354
19695,969
19708,391
19719,026
197210,728
197313,268
197415,795
197516,669
197616,512
197715,506
197814,538
197912,979
198012,030
198110,759
198210,331
198312,419
198412,762
198512,291
198611,536
198710,918
198810,126
19898,813
19907,490
19916,242
19925,274
19934,479
19943,938
19953,430
19962,715
19972,164
19981,923
19991,628
20001,478
20011,263
20021,151
2003885
2004710
2005577
2006512
2007416
2008346
2009302
2010237
2011222
2012187
2013180
2014185
2015157
2016155
2017129
2018124
201997
202093
2021105
2022110
2023107
2024105
2025110

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New York 1.3×
  2. Florida 1.2×
  3. California 1.2×
  4. Texas 1.0×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
177
Rank in 2025
#1,261
How rare
1 in 9,080 girls
Since 1914
525,910

Most popular in 1975, at 16,669 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 30% per million girls born.

Top 4 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New York1.3×32
Florida1.2×32
California1.2×61
Texas1.0×52

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.