# Heath (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/heath/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /hiːθ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Haith |
| US babies named this | 29,704 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 29,523 / 181 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,598, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

English surname, from the noun heath.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 10 | 6,033 |
| 1978 | 8 | 7,181 |
| 1979 | 8 | 7,548 |
| 1980 | 9 | 6,979 |
| 1981 | 10 | 6,492 |
| 1982 | 5 | 11,085 |
| 1983 | 7 | 8,339 |
| 1984 | 8 | 7,632 |
| 1985 | 8 | 7,817 |
| 1986 | 5 | 11,564 |
| 1987 | 8 | 8,259 |
| 1988 | 7 | 9,609 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13,761 |
| 1995 | 5 | 14,233 |
| 2004 | 5 | 17,070 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 250 | 853 |
| 2012 | 244 | 865 |
| 2013 | 249 | 858 |
| 2014 | 231 | 924 |
| 2015 | 270 | 834 |
| 2016 | 251 | 874 |
| 2017 | 242 | 890 |
| 2018 | 224 | 937 |
| 2019 | 227 | 946 |
| 2020 | 215 | 992 |
| 2021 | 234 | 960 |
| 2022 | 280 | 862 |
| 2023 | 206 | 1,056 |
| 2024 | 285 | 852 |
| 2025 | 253 | 932 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 82 | 458 |
| 2012 | 125 | 349 |
| 2013 | 105 | 388 |
| 2014 | 96 | 423 |
| 2015 | 112 | 387 |
| 2016 | 104 | 408 |
| 2017 | 88 | 465 |
| 2018 | 75 | 520 |
| 2019 | 72 | 526 |
| 2020 | 59 | 601 |
| 2021 | 78 | 503 |
| 2022 | 57 | 626 |
| 2023 | 50 | 691 |
| 2024 | 51 | 702 |
| 2025 | 61 | 615 |

## People named Heath

- Heath Slater, American professional wrestler and actor
- Heath Pearce, American soccer player
- Heath Baldwin, American athlete (born 2001)
- Heath Shuler, American football player and politician
- Heath Herring, American martial artist
- Heath Miller, All-American college football player, professional football player, tight end
- Heath Freeman, American film and television actor (1977–2021)
- Heath Hembree, American baseball player
- Heath W. Lowry, American historian

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.