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Heather Name Origin: English
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Pronunciation: he(a)-ther
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Infographic of Heather name meaning, which is “The maiden from the heath,” in allusion to the heather-covered wastelands in the British isles.
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Heather Name Popularity
How popular is the name Heather? Here’s everything we know.
| Year |
Rank |
# Births |
% Births |
| 1910 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1911 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1912 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1913 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1914 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1915 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1916 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1917 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1918 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1919 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1920 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1921 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1922 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1923 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1924 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1925 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1926 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1927 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1928 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1929 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1930 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1931 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1932 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1933 |
1,310 |
7 |
0.0008% |
| 1934 |
975 |
20 |
0.0021% |
| 1935 |
744 |
45 |
0.0046% |
| 1936 |
955 |
21 |
0.0022% |
| 1937 |
1,013 |
19 |
0.0019% |
| 1938 |
735 |
48 |
0.0047% |
| 1939 |
661 |
64 |
0.0063% |
| 1940 |
684 |
62 |
0.0058% |
| 1941 |
588 |
98 |
0.0087% |
| 1942 |
562 |
125 |
0.0099% |
| 1943 |
579 |
126 |
0.0097% |
| 1944 |
654 |
84 |
0.0068% |
| 1945 |
561 |
121 |
0.0099% |
| 1946 |
510 |
190 |
0.0129% |
| 1947 |
514 |
212 |
0.0127% |
| 1948 |
578 |
161 |
0.0101% |
| 1949 |
506 |
207 |
0.0129% |
| 1950 |
487 |
230 |
0.0143% |
| 1951 |
481 |
251 |
0.0148% |
| 1952 |
439 |
339 |
0.0194% |
| 1953 |
425 |
379 |
0.0214% |
| 1954 |
377 |
484 |
0.0265% |
| 1955 |
347 |
568 |
0.0309% |
| 1956 |
342 |
620 |
0.0328% |
| 1957 |
356 |
616 |
0.032% |
| 1958 |
343 |
691 |
0.0366% |
| 1959 |
306 |
869 |
0.0457% |
| 1960 |
299 |
932 |
0.0492% |
| 1961 |
276 |
1,075 |
0.0569% |
| 1962 |
247 |
1,251 |
0.0681% |
| 1963 |
182 |
2,085 |
0.1162% |
| 1964 |
160 |
2,380 |
0.1352% |
| 1965 |
150 |
2,486 |
0.152% |
| 1966 |
125 |
2,893 |
0.1853% |
| 1967 |
87 |
3,905 |
0.2573% |
| 1968 |
62 |
5,501 |
0.3663% |
| 1969 |
34 |
10,069 |
0.6536% |
| 1970 |
19 |
14,668 |
0.9217% |
| 1971 |
12 |
15,019 |
0.9995% |
| 1972 |
9 |
16,324 |
1.1985% |
| 1973 |
8 |
19,350 |
1.4926% |
| 1974 |
4 |
23,182 |
1.7836% |
| 1975 |
3 |
24,300 |
1.891% |
| 1976 |
4 |
24,199 |
1.8776% |
| 1977 |
5 |
23,777 |
1.7639% |
| 1978 |
5 |
22,271 |
1.6565% |
| 1979 |
7 |
20,839 |
1.4779% |
| 1980 |
6 |
19,975 |
1.3662% |
| 1981 |
10 |
17,946 |
1.2209% |
| 1982 |
12 |
17,494 |
1.1707% |
| 1983 |
9 |
20,747 |
1.4059% |
| 1984 |
9 |
21,491 |
1.4447% |
| 1985 |
8 |
21,153 |
1.3936% |
| 1986 |
9 |
19,792 |
1.3112% |
| 1987 |
9 |
18,979 |
1.2437% |
| 1988 |
14 |
18,037 |
1.1574% |
| 1989 |
15 |
16,245 |
1.0067% |
| 1990 |
19 |
14,220 |
0.8579% |
| 1991 |
23 |
11,700 |
0.7178% |
| 1992 |
31 |
9,724 |
0.6092% |
| 1993 |
38 |
8,102 |
0.5197% |
| 1994 |
44 |
7,034 |
0.4583% |
| 1995 |
54 |
6,032 |
0.4002% |
| 1996 |
71 |
4,755 |
0.3176% |
| 1997 |
90 |
3,762 |
0.2544% |
| 1998 |
99 |
3,390 |
0.2265% |
| 1999 |
112 |
2,882 |
0.1924% |
| 2000 |
125 |
2,680 |
0.1754% |
| 2001 |
146 |
2,270 |
0.1507% |
| 2002 |
159 |
2,056 |
0.1372% |
| 2003 |
207 |
1,582 |
0.104% |
| 2004 |
244 |
1,283 |
0.0842% |
| 2005 |
298 |
1,034 |
0.0676% |
| 2006 |
334 |
945 |
0.0604% |
| 2007 |
407 |
760 |
0.0482% |
| 2008 |
480 |
612 |
0.0396% |
| 2009 |
545 |
515 |
0.0345% |
| 2010 |
668 |
377 |
0.0262% |
| 2011 |
689 |
353 |
0.0248% |
| 2012 |
790 |
279 |
0.0196% |
| 2013 |
815 |
260 |
0.0183% |
| 2014 |
792 |
286 |
0.0196% |
| 2015 |
914 |
230 |
0.0158% |
| 2016 |
923 |
217 |
0.0151% |
| 2017 |
1,036 |
167 |
0.012% |
| 2018 |
1,047 |
155 |
0.0113% |
| 2019 |
1,256 |
104 |
0.0077% |
| 2020 |
1,439 |
97 |
0.0076% |
| 2021 |
1,406 |
93 |
0.0076% |
| 2022 |
1,266 |
134 |
0.0102% |
District of Columbia (DC)
Data via SSA.gov.
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| Name |
Meaning |
Origin |
Popularity |
Other Gender |
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Heath
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English
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Hether
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English
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What names sound like Heather?
If you like how Heather sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Heather.
| Name |
Meaning |
Origin |
Popularity |
Other Gender |
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Hadara
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Beauty, splendor, glory
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Hebrew
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Hadria
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From Hadria
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Latin
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