Heber
#3,583 for boys in 2025, 31 births
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,163since 1881
Heber over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Heber has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,583 | 31 |
| 2024 | #3,394 | 34 |
| 2023 | #3,802 | 29 |
| 2022 | #3,003 | 41 |
| 2021 | #3,814 | 28 |
| 2020 | #4,275 | 23 |
| 2019 | #3,794 | 28 |
| 2018 | #3,607 | 30 |
| 2017 | #3,378 | 33 |
| 2016 | #4,199 | 24 |
| 2015 | #3,022 | 38 |
| 2014 | #3,038 | 37 |
| 2013 | #2,668 | 44 |
| 2012 | #2,185 | 60 |
| 2011 | #2,590 | 47 |
| 2010 | #2,100 | 64 |
| 2009 | #2,252 | 58 |
| 2008 | #2,088 | 66 |
| 2007 | #2,185 | 61 |
| 2006 | #1,943 | 69 |
| 2005 | #1,659 | 81 |
| 2004 | #2,316 | 49 |
| 2003 | #2,507 | 41 |
| 2002 | #1,916 | 58 |
| 2001 | #2,027 | 52 |
| 2000 | #2,015 | 50 |
| 1999 | #2,347 | 38 |
| 1998 | #2,851 | 28 |
| 1997 | #2,502 | 32 |
| 1996 | #2,047 | 42 |
| 1995 | #2,762 | 26 |
| 1994 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #2,362 | 31 |
| 1991 | #2,753 | 24 |
| 1990 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #2,529 | 19 |
| 1983 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #2,207 | 23 |
| 1981 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #2,536 | 19 |
| 1979 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #1,826 | 18 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #1,904 | 16 |
| 1950 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1949 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,633 | 17 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #1,519 | 20 |
| 1939 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #1,689 | 17 |
| 1937 | #1,576 | 19 |
| 1936 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,708 | 17 |
| 1934 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 25 |
| 1930 | #1,399 | 27 |
| 1929 | #1,523 | 23 |
| 1928 | #1,211 | 35 |
| 1927 | #1,436 | 27 |
| 1926 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1925 | #1,304 | 31 |
| 1924 | #1,020 | 48 |
| 1923 | #1,322 | 30 |
| 1922 | #1,058 | 44 |
| 1921 | #1,058 | 44 |
| 1920 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1919 | #1,122 | 38 |
| 1918 | #1,079 | 40 |
| 1917 | #1,017 | 41 |
| 1916 | #1,096 | 35 |
| 1915 | #925 | 45 |
| 1914 | #1,101 | 27 |
| 1913 | #995 | 25 |
| 1912 | #1,059 | 19 |
| 1911 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #893 | 11 |
| 1908 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #637 | 11 |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #714 | 9 |
| 1898 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #641 | 12 |
| 1895 | #579 | 13 |
| 1894 | #631 | 11 |
| 1893 | #705 | 9 |
| 1892 | #572 | 13 |
| 1891 | #497 | 13 |
| 1890 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #704 | 9 |
| 1887 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #647 | 9 |
| 1885 | #547 | 12 |
| 1884 | #570 | 11 |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Heber! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1902, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Heber is popular in 1915
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Utah#130 · 1 in 524
- North Carolina#473 · 1 in 4,732
Best ever in a state: #98 in Utah, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Utah | #130 | 7 | 1 in 524 |
| North Carolina | #473 | 5 | 1 in 4,732 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 189 spots since 2024 (#3,394 → #3,583)
- 692 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #3,583)
- 561 spots since 2015 (#3,022 → #3,583)
- Biggest jump: 331 spots in 1901 (#968 → #637)
- Biggest drop: 309 spots in 1911 (#981 → #1,290)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1891 at #497 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1881–1901
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,784
- Highest: 1 in 7,784 boys born in 1891 were named Heber (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 55,099 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 18.5% of all boys named Heber (585) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 74 | #547 (1885) | #707 |
| 1890s | 101 | #497 (1891) | #690 |
| 1900s | 66 | #637 (1901) | #841 |
| 1910s | 289 | #925 (1915) | #1,067 |
| 1920s | 356 | #1,020 (1924) | #1,229 |
| 1930s | 188 | #1,394 (1931) | #1,650 |
| 1940s | 125 | #1,519 (1940) | #2,039 |
| 1950s | 119 | #1,826 (1954) | #2,439 |
| 1960s | 90 | #2,409 (1961) | #2,919 |
| 1970s | 108 | #2,558 (1971) | #3,409 |
| 1980s | 182 | #2,207 (1982) | #2,785 |
| 1990s | 289 | #2,047 (1996) | #2,650 |
| 2000s | 585 | #1,659 (2005) | #2,091 |
| 2010s | 405 | #2,100 (2010) | #3,058 |
| 2020s | 186 | #3,003 (2022) | #3,645 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Heber in 1915
boys
#925
45 births · 1 in 18,857 boys
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 18,857 of them was named Heber, which outranked 78.9% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).