first name
HEATH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 24,261 people named Heath, 90% reported their origin as White, 3.8% as two or more races and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Heath peaked in 1974, when 1,264 babies got the name.
At least 29,704 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Heath by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #453. The largest share of babies named Heath, 46.7%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Heath is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Heath has been most common in South Dakota (2.7×), Arkansas (2.7×), and Kansas (2.4×), and least common in New Jersey (0.19×).
26,707 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Heath
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Heath, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Heath ranks #672 of 156,621, with 49,412 people. See Heath as a last name
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