Heath
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HEETH
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #660 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #929 for boys
Heath is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “heathland”. In 2025 it ranked 660th for boys in the UK (61 babies) and 929th for boys in the US (253 babies).
What does Heath mean?
English: English word and surname
“heathland”
From an English surname for someone who lived on a heath.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Heath a girl's or a boy's name?
Heath is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 61 boys in the UK and 253 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Heath in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 660th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 61 about 1 in 4,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 61 boys in the UK were named Heath, making it the 660th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 651st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 133 boys.
Half of all the boys named Heath in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 615th in England and Wales.
Heath in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #660 |
| 2024 | 51 | #748 |
| 2023 | 53 | #722 |
| 2022 | 61 | #655 |
| 2021 | 83 | #532 |
| 2020 | 60 | #651 |
| 2019 | 76 | #563 |
| 2018 | 76 | #566 |
| 2017 | 95 | #481 |
| 2016 | 110 | #427 |
| 2015 | 118 | #406 |
| 2014 | 103 | #440 |
| 2013 | 117 | #395 |
| 2012 | 133 | #367 |
| 2011 | 83 | #493 |
| 2010 | 71 | #547 |
| 2009 | 83 | #486 |
| 2008 | 63 | #584 |
| 2007 | 33 | #880 |
| 2006 | 37 | #772 |
| 2005 | 26 | #944 |
| 2004 | 23 | #983 |
| 2003 | 21 | #975 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Heath in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 929th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 253 about 1 in 6,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 253 boys in the US were named Heath, making it the 929th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 992nd. Its busiest year was 1974, with 1,249 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Heath in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Heath in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 253 | #929 |
| 2024 | 285 | #852 |
| 2023 | 206 | #1,053 |
| 2022 | 280 | #862 |
| 2021 | 234 | #957 |
| 2020 | 215 | #992 |
| 2019 | 227 | #945 |
| 2018 | 224 | #936 |
| 2017 | 242 | #890 |
| 2016 | 251 | #874 |
| 2015 | 270 | #831 |
| 2014 | 231 | #923 |
| 2013 | 249 | #858 |
| 2012 | 244 | #863 |
| 2011 | 250 | #853 |
| 2010 | 295 | #761 |
| 2009 | 356 | #681 |
| 2008 | 324 | #716 |
| 2007 | 221 | #903 |
| 2006 | 267 | #776 |
| 2005 | 242 | #797 |
| 2004 | 288 | #690 |
| 2003 | 255 | #721 |
| 2002 | 275 | #673 |
| 2001 | 216 | #781 |
| 2000 | 187 | #851 |
| 1999 | 206 | #769 |
| 1998 | 268 | #651 |
| 1997 | 259 | #642 |
| 1996 | 261 | #641 |
| 1995 | 293 | #599 |
| 1994 | 372 | #526 |
| 1993 | 363 | #537 |
| 1992 | 350 | #545 |
| 1991 | 390 | #503 |
| 1990 | 457 | #460 |
| 1989 | 535 | #402 |
| 1988 | 552 | #364 |
| 1987 | 576 | #345 |
| 1986 | 566 | #338 |
| 1985 | 593 | #331 |
| 1984 | 640 | #305 |
| 1983 | 652 | #302 |
| 1982 | 709 | #289 |
| 1981 | 790 | #271 |
| 1980 | 906 | #247 |
| 1979 | 998 | #228 |
| 1978 | 1,021 | #211 |
| 1977 | 1,076 | #207 |
| 1976 | 1,151 | #195 |
| 1975 | 1,204 | #188 |
| 1974 | 1,249 | #181 |
| 1973 | 1,072 | #202 |
| 1972 | 1,234 | #190 |
| 1971 | 1,053 | #225 |
| 1970 | 756 | #278 |
| 1969 | 524 | #345 |
| 1968 | 548 | #326 |
| 1967 | 516 | #329 |
| 1966 | 433 | #361 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,254 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
Names like Heath
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Blake, Hunter, Cole, Sonny, Seth, Mason, Noah, Hudson, Tate, Grayson, Zachary, Ali
Names related to Heath
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Heath: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/heath, updated 20 October 2026.