Masculine dossier · first seen 1881

Heber

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2005

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1881Peak 20052024

Peak year

2005

Decline from peak

59.3%

2024

All-time

3,131

Heber has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2005, when 81 boys were named Heber.

In 2024, only 33 boys were given the name.

Down 59.3% from its peak.

All told, about 3,131 Americans have been named Heber and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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