# Heba (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/heba/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,403 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,403 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 390, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36 | 4,098 |
| 2012 | 30 | 4,761 |
| 2013 | 27 | 5,063 |
| 2014 | 30 | 4,697 |
| 2015 | 29 | 4,770 |
| 2016 | 34 | 4,289 |
| 2017 | 29 | 4,736 |
| 2018 | 32 | 4,396 |
| 2019 | 33 | 4,289 |
| 2020 | 26 | 4,941 |
| 2021 | 34 | 4,189 |
| 2022 | 23 | 5,528 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,918 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5,511 |
| 2025 | 20 | 5,991 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,864 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,882 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,526 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,785 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

## People named Heba

- Heba Kotb, Egyptian sex therapist
- Heba Hefny, Egyptian judoka
- Heba Selim, Egyptian spy

## 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.