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Heber: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 31 in 2025. Its best rank was #508 in 1891.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #508 in 1891; #3,601 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Heber in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,601 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1891, at #508.
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Heber: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 31 boys in 2025. Peak: #508 in 1891 · most boys in one year: 81 (2005).
In 2025, 31 US boys were named Heber, making it the 3,601st most common boys’ name of the year, down 186 places from #3,415 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 34 boys named Heber in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #508, reached in 1891. The most boys given the name in a single year was 81, in 2005. For comparison, it was #3,045 in 2015 and #1,970 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Heber in 141 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 6 babies. In all, 3,163 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 585 babies named Heber.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 301 US boys were named Heber; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 41. In 2025 that was about 1 in 55,099 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 31 | #3,601 |
| 2024 | — | — | 34 | #3,415 |
| 2023 | — | — | 29 | #3,833 |
| 2022 | — | — | 41 | #3,026 |
| 2021 | — | — | 28 | #3,851 |
| 2020 | — | — | 23 | #4,323 |
| 2019 | — | — | 28 | #3,838 |
| 2018 | — | — | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2017 | — | — | 33 | #3,410 |
| 2016 | — | — | 24 | #4,238 |
| 2015 | — | — | 38 | #3,045 |
| 2014 | — | — | 37 | #3,058 |
| 2013 | — | — | 44 | #2,682 |
| 2012 | — | — | 60 | #2,190 |
| 2011 | — | — | 47 | #2,601 |
| 2010 | — | — | 64 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | — | — | 58 | #2,266 |
| 2008 | — | — | 66 | #2,097 |
| 2007 | — | — | 61 | #2,197 |
| 2006 | — | — | 69 | #1,953 |
| 2005 | — | — | 81 | #1,664 |
| 2004 | — | — | 49 | #2,325 |
| 2003 | — | — | 41 | #2,523 |
| 2002 | — | — | 58 | #1,929 |
| 2001 | — | — | 52 | #2,035 |
| 2000 | — | — | 50 | #2,030 |
| 1999 | — | — | 38 | #2,371 |
| 1998 | — | — | 28 | #2,885 |
| 1997 | — | — | 32 | #2,515 |
| 1996 | — | — | 42 | #2,057 |
| 1995 | — | — | 26 | #2,794 |
| 1994 | — | — | 26 | #2,801 |
| 1993 | — | — | 23 | #2,974 |
| 1992 | — | — | 31 | #2,378 |
| 1991 | — | — | 24 | #2,774 |
| 1990 | — | — | 19 | #3,224 |
| 1989 | — | — | 21 | #2,939 |
| 1988 | — | — | 23 | #2,550 |
| 1987 | — | — | 12 | #3,822 |
| 1986 | — | — | 14 | #3,330 |
| 1985 | — | — | 19 | #2,638 |
| 1984 | — | — | 19 | #2,565 |
| 1983 | — | — | 17 | #2,714 |
| 1982 | — | — | 23 | #2,228 |
| 1981 | — | — | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1980 | — | — | 19 | #2,573 |
| 1979 | — | — | 14 | #3,067 |
| 1978 | — | — | 12 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | — | — | 13 | #3,093 |
| 1976 | — | — | 7 | #4,605 |
| 1975 | — | — | 13 | #2,972 |
| 1974 | — | — | 14 | #2,721 |
| 1973 | — | — | 9 | #3,547 |
| 1972 | — | — | 5 | #5,274 |
| 1971 | — | — | 14 | #2,613 |
| 1970 | — | — | 7 | #4,004 |
| 1969 | — | — | 9 | #3,164 |
| 1968 | — | — | 6 | #3,881 |
| 1967 | — | — | 8 | #3,090 |
| 1966 | — | — | 11 | #2,532 |
| 1965 | — | — | 6 | #3,688 |
| 1964 | — | — | 10 | #2,733 |
| 1963 | — | — | 10 | #2,747 |
| 1962 | — | — | 9 | #2,929 |
| 1961 | — | — | 12 | #2,466 |
| 1960 | — | — | 9 | #2,954 |
| 1959 | — | — | 7 | #3,412 |
| 1958 | — | — | 7 | #3,392 |
| 1957 | — | — | 11 | #2,544 |
| 1956 | — | — | 11 | #2,553 |
| 1955 | — | — | 10 | #2,658 |
| 1954 | — | — | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1953 | — | — | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1952 | — | — | 14 | #2,109 |
| 1951 | — | — | 16 | #1,937 |
| 1950 | — | — | 15 | #1,970 |
| 1949 | — | — | 16 | #1,898 |
| 1948 | — | — | 8 | #2,875 |
| 1947 | — | — | 11 | #2,428 |
| 1945 | — | — | 17 | #1,654 |
| 1944 | — | — | 10 | #2,375 |
| 1943 | — | — | 18 | #1,731 |
| 1942 | — | — | 11 | #2,318 |
| 1941 | — | — | 14 | #1,944 |
| 1940 | — | — | 20 | #1,539 |
| 1939 | — | — | 15 | #1,831 |
| 1938 | — | — | 17 | #1,716 |
| 1937 | — | — | 19 | #1,599 |
| 1936 | — | — | 17 | #1,679 |
| 1935 | — | — | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1934 | — | — | 20 | #1,583 |
| 1933 | — | — | 18 | #1,673 |
| 1932 | — | — | 13 | #2,140 |
| 1931 | — | — | 25 | #1,408 |
| 1930 | — | — | 27 | #1,409 |
| 1929 | — | — | 23 | #1,545 |
| 1928 | — | — | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1927 | — | — | 27 | #1,448 |
| 1926 | — | — | 35 | #1,232 |
| 1925 | — | — | 31 | #1,316 |
| 1924 | — | — | 48 | #1,024 |
| 1923 | — | — | 30 | #1,340 |
| 1922 | — | — | 44 | #1,064 |
| 1921 | — | — | 44 | #1,061 |
| 1920 | — | — | 39 | #1,146 |
| 1919 | — | — | 38 | #1,133 |
| 1918 | — | — | 40 | #1,086 |
| 1917 | — | — | 41 | #1,024 |
| 1916 | — | — | 35 | #1,107 |
| 1915 | — | — | 45 | #932 |
| 1914 | — | — | 27 | #1,113 |
| 1913 | — | — | 25 | #1,008 |
| 1912 | — | — | 19 | #1,074 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,329 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #1,008 |
| 1909 | — | — | 11 | #918 |
| 1908 | — | — | 9 | #985 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #870 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #924 |
| 1903 | — | — | 10 | #752 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #658 |
| 1900 | — | — | 8 | #997 |
| 1899 | — | — | 9 | #747 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #841 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #999 |
| 1896 | — | — | 12 | #654 |
| 1895 | — | — | 13 | #588 |
| 1894 | — | — | 11 | #650 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #728 |
| 1892 | — | — | 13 | #584 |
| 1891 | — | — | 13 | #508 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #843 |
| 1889 | — | — | 8 | #745 |
| 1888 | — | — | 9 | #719 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #785 |
| 1886 | — | — | 9 | #665 |
| 1885 | — | — | 12 | #561 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #585 |
| 1883 | — | — | 6 | #836 |
| 1882 | — | — | 6 | #883 |
| 1881 | — | — | 6 | #819 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).