The first name Heike
A girl’s name.
1 syllable Female
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Heike at birth, 1880–2025
In 1988, 6 girls born in the United States were named Heike, the 10,832nd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1966, when 15 were.
134
babies named Heike since 1880
#10,832
rank in 1988
1966
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Heike
17 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Heike Kamerlingh OnnesDutch physicist, Nobel prize winner (1853-1926)
- Heike DrechslerEast German long jumper (born 1964)
- Heike MakatschGerman actress and singer, born 1971
- Heike HenkelGerman high jumper, born 1964
- Heike FriedrichEast German swimmer, born 1970
- Heike KemmerGerman equestrian, born 1962
- Heike SingerEast German canoe racer, born 1964
- Heike FischerDiver, born 1982
- Heike LätzschField hockey player, born 1973
- Heike DähneEast German swimmer, born 1961
- Heike LehmannEast German volleyball player, born 1962
- Heike LangeEast German speed skater, born 1955
Questions
- Is Heike a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 134 US babies named Heike since 1880 were girls.
- When was Heike most popular?
- 1966 in the United States, when 15 babies were named Heike, its highest rank at 3,308th.