Feminine dossier · first seen 1914

Heather

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Heather
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.3% from peak

Peak era

1975

Peak rank proxy

24,302

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1914Peak 19752024

Peak year

1975

Decline from peak

99.3%

2024

168

All-time

525,733

Heather once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1975, when 24,302 girls were named Heather.

In 2024, only 168 girls were given the name.

Down 99.3% from its peak.

All told, about 525,733 Americans have been named Heather and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1914.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.3% from peak

In 1975:24,302 girls named Heather

In 2024:168 girls named Heather

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