# Heike (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/heike/  
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 | 134 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 134 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7 | 5,501 |
| 1962 | 8 | 5,022 |
| 1963 | 7 | 5,524 |
| 1964 | 10 | 4,458 |
| 1965 | 13 | 3,624 |
| 1966 | 15 | 3,308 |
| 1967 | 13 | 3,730 |
| 1968 | 9 | 4,899 |
| 1969 | 10 | 4,828 |
| 1970 | 5 | 8,439 |
| 1971 | 8 | 6,212 |
| 1973 | 6 | 7,764 |
| 1974 | 11 | 5,130 |
| 1978 | 6 | 8,917 |
| 1988 | 6 | 10,832 |

## People named Heike

- Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist, Nobel prize winner (1853-1926)
- Heike Drechsler, East German long jumper (born 1964)
- Heike Makatsch, German actress and singer
- Heike Henkel, German high jumper
- Heike Friedrich, East German swimmer
- Heike Kemmer, German equestrian
- Heike Singer, East German canoe racer
- Heike Fischer, diver
- Heike Lätzsch, field hockey player
- Heike Dähne, East German swimmer
- Heike Lehmann, East German volleyball player
- Heike Lange, East German speed skater

## 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.