# Heinz (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/heinz/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 649 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 649 / 0 (0% 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 7 | 5,241 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,655 |
| 1985 | 6 | 6,064 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,384 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7,716 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,687 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,256 |
| 1999 | 5 | 10,514 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8,632 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,087 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,046 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,004 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,098 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,827 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,818 |

## People named Heinz

- Heinz Fischer, Austrian politician (SPÖ), 8th president of Austria (born 1938)
- Heinz Guderian, German general (1888–1954)
- Heinz Rühmann, German actor (1902–1994)
- Heinz Lindner, Austrian association football player
- Heinz Flohe, German footballer (1948-2013)
- Heinz Hopf, German mathematician (1894–1971)
- Heinz Brandt, German army officer (1907-1944)
- Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American scientist and cybernetician (1911-2002)
- Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German officer and fighter pilot during World War II (1922–1950)
- Heinz Kohut, Austrian-American psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (1913-1981)
- Heinz Kubsch, German association football player (1930-1993)
- Heinz Erhardt, German comedian and entertainer (1909-1979)

## 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.