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Heath

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1974, with 1,249 babies; 253 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #831, 2016: #874, 2017: #890, 2018: #936, 2019: #945, 2020: #992, 2021: #957, 2022: #862, 2023: #1,053, 2024: #852, 2025: #9291 in 6,751 boys in the US, 2025#929 · falling · was #831 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #387, 2016: #408, 2017: #465, 2018: #520, 2019: #526, 2020: #601, 2021: #503, 2022: #626, 2023: #691, 2024: #702, 2025: #6151 in 4,458 boys in E&W, 2025#615 · falling · was #387 in 2015

Boy’s name · /hiːθ/

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What Heath means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Heath yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1974, with 1,249 babies; 253 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Heath?

US 2025
#929
253 babies
▼ 77 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#615
61 babies
▲ 87 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Falling: down from #831 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #387 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (1974)

Biggest US share so far: 1974, when 1,249 boys got the name (#181 that year). First in the US records in 1913.

How common

  • About 1 in 6,751 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 4,458 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MO (0.43 per 1,000 boys), UT (0.41 per 1,000 boys), KS (0.36 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Heath is #929 in the US and #615 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#9292531 in 6,751#831
England & Wales#615611 in 4,458#387
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Heath were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250253
England & Wales 2025061
US all years since 188018129,523
England & Wales since 199601,598

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

/hiːθ/

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Heath

Boys

  • Charles#48“free man”
  • James#6“May He Heel”
  • Derek#284Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1989, with 8,365 babies; 1,191 in 2025
  • Jesse#184Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1981, with 10,443 babies; 2,002 in 2025
  • Peter#187“stone, rock”
  • Paul#262“small”

For a sister

  • Amy#257“beloved”
  • Valerie#127Same root as Valeria, meaning “to be healthy, to be strong”
  • Sylvia#300“forest”
  • Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”
  • Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”
  • Mary#125Same root as Miriam, possibly meaning “bitter”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Heath’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.

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