first name
HEAVEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,769 people named Heaven, 42.9% reported their origin as Black, 29.4% as White and 18% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Heaven peaked in 2006, when 1,370 babies got the name.
At least 30,804 babies have been given the name since 1971. 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.
Heaven by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #541. The largest share of babies named Heaven, 55.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Heaven is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Heaven has been most common in Nevada (2.6×), Georgia (1.8×), and Florida (1.7×), and least common in Nebraska (0.2×).
28,630 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 Heaven
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Heaven, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Heaven ranks #34,525 of 156,621, with 707 people. See Heaven as a last name
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