Heaven

#543 for girls in 2025, 556 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to girls 98.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
2005 · 1,334 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
30,361
since 1971

Heaven over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Heaven has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #245, 2005girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#543556#6,44613
2024#474650#5,06719
2023#512593#9,7637
2022#495638#4,44223
2021#490642#4,49422
2020#421725#4,42622
2019#422749#4,80620
2018#375835#6,70312
2017#334969#6,33813
2016#3241,006#5,31817
2015#346952#5,50716
2014#3361,002#6,63212
2013#324997#7,02611
2012#3211,002#5,72015
2011#316991#6,25613
2010#322992#4,84819
2009#2701,208#5,33417
2008#2741,249#6,39313
2007#2631,300#7,09411
2006#2531,348#4,22322
2005#2451,334#5,03416
2004#2681,211#5,49214
2003#2631,192#5,03515
2002#2761,135#4,70316
2001#2941,065#5,14214
2000#341903#5,04014
1999#388721#4,34116
1998#357808#8,4796
1997#474531#6,1009
1996#586389—
1995#558417#7,7926
1994#621357—
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1988#1,164131—
1987#1,318104—
1986#1,47285—
1985#3,08429—
1984#3,42324—
1983#4,28617—
1982#4,02519—
1981#3,43624—
1980#2,65135—
1979#2,38739—
1978#2,94227—
1977#2,83828—
1976#1,99644—
1975#2,23237—
1974#2,25435—
1973#4,36213—
1972#8,2925—
1971#6,0068—
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five girls were named Heaven! It came in at #6,006, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Heaven is popular in 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedMNIllinois: #488 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,977 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedWIMichigan: #509 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,470 girlsMINew York: #731 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,491 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedSDIowa: #438 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,858 girlsIAIndiana: #360 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,193 girlsINOhio: #436 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,958 girlsOHPennsylvania: #760 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,728 girlsPANew Jersey: #950 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,467 girlsNJConnecticut: #376 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,330 girlsCTCalifornia: #888 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 6,963 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedUTColorado: #585 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,496 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedNEMissouri: #526 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,693 girlsMOKentucky: #222 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,228 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedWVVirginia: #323 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,897 girlsVAMaryland: #591 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,119 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedDEArizona: #486 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,588 girlsAZNew Mexico: #287 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,243 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedKSArkansas: #358 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,950 girlsARTennessee: #478 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,290 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #550 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,935 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #445 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,709 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #346 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,775 girlsOKLouisiana: #463 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,694 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedMSAlabama: #298 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,714 girlsALGeorgia: #443 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,767 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Heaven, so not publishedHITexas: #573 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 3,578 girlsTXFlorida: #724 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,595 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#222 · 1 in 1,228
  2. New Mexico#287 · 1 in 1,243
  3. Alabama#298 · 1 in 1,714
  4. Virginia#323 · 1 in 1,897
  5. Oklahoma#346 · 1 in 1,775

Best ever in a state: #63 in District of Columbia, 2009.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#222161 in 1,228
New Mexico#28771 in 1,243
Alabama#298121 in 1,714
Virginia#323181 in 1,897
Oklahoma#34691 in 1,775
Arkansas#35861 in 1,950
Indiana#360151 in 2,193
Connecticut#37671 in 2,330
Ohio#436211 in 2,958
Iowa#43851 in 2,858
Georgia#443151 in 2,767
South Carolina#44561 in 2,709
Louisiana#46381 in 2,694
Tennessee#47891 in 3,290
Arizona#486111 in 2,588
Illinois#488241 in 2,977
Michigan#509151 in 3,470
Missouri#52681 in 3,693
North Carolina#550101 in 3,935
Texas#573391 in 3,578
Colorado#58561 in 3,496
Maryland#59161 in 4,119
Florida#724131 in 5,595
New York#731191 in 5,491
Pennsylvania#76091 in 6,728
California#888331 in 6,963
New Jersey#95051 in 8,467
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Heaven
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 69 spots since 2024 (#474 → #543)
  • 122 spots since 2020 (#421 → #543)
  • 197 spots since 2015 (#346 → #543)
  • Biggest jump: 177 spots in 1990 (#1,032 → #855)
  • Biggest drop: 69 spots in 2021 (#421 → #490)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2005 at #245 (1,334 births)
  • Births halved by 2021, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1990–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,385
  • Highest: 1 in 1,385 girls born in 2005 were named Heaven (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,891 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 39.3% of all girls named Heaven (11,945) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s236#1,996 (1976)#3,701
1980s634#1,032 (1989)#2,589
1990s4,247#357 (1998)#616
2000s11,945#245 (2005)#275
2010s9,495#316 (2011)#342
2020s3,804#421 (2020)#489

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Heaven in 1996

girls
#586
389 births · 1 in 4,506 girls

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #586Heaven389
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 4,506 of them was named Heaven, which outranked 96.3% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Heaven
  1. #581Jaqueline394
  2. #584Mara393
  3. #585Diane391
  4. #586Heaven389
  5. #586Corinne389
  6. #588Noemi388
  7. #589Sarai387
  8. #590Bonnie386

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1996 →