Heaven
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- HEV-en
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,036 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #543 for girls
Heaven is a name of English origin, meaning “heaven, the sky”. In 2025 it ranked 1,036th for girls in the UK (35 babies) and 543rd for girls in the US (556 babies).
What does Heaven mean?
English: English word name
“heaven, the sky”
From the Old English heofon, meaning sky or the dwelling place of God.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Heaven a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Heaven has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 556 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Heaven in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,036th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 8,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the UK were named Heaven, making it the 1,036th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. 3 boys were also named Heaven in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Heaven of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Heaven in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 92% of the babies named Heaven in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,133rd in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
Heaven in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #1,036 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,356 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,360 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,363 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
How popular is Heaven in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 543rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 556 about 1 in 2,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 556 girls in the US were named Heaven, making it the 543rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 421st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 1,348 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971. 13 boys were also named Heaven in 2025 (6,442nd for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Heaven than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Heaven in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 578 girls in the US were given Heaven or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #524, up from #543 for this spelling alone.
- Heaven 556
- Heavyn 22
Heaven in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 556 | #543 |
| 2024 | 650 | #474 |
| 2023 | 593 | #512 |
| 2022 | 638 | #495 |
| 2021 | 642 | #490 |
| 2020 | 725 | #421 |
| 2019 | 749 | #422 |
| 2018 | 835 | #375 |
| 2017 | 969 | #334 |
| 2016 | 1,006 | #324 |
| 2015 | 952 | #346 |
| 2014 | 1,002 | #336 |
| 2013 | 997 | #324 |
| 2012 | 1,002 | #321 |
| 2011 | 991 | #316 |
| 2010 | 992 | #322 |
| 2009 | 1,208 | #270 |
| 2008 | 1,249 | #274 |
| 2007 | 1,300 | #263 |
| 2006 | 1,348 | #253 |
| 2005 | 1,334 | #245 |
| 2004 | 1,211 | #268 |
| 2003 | 1,192 | #263 |
| 2002 | 1,135 | #276 |
| 2001 | 1,065 | #294 |
| 2000 | 903 | #341 |
| 1999 | 721 | #388 |
| 1998 | 808 | #357 |
| 1997 | 531 | #474 |
| 1996 | 389 | #586 |
| 1995 | 417 | #558 |
| 1994 | 357 | #621 |
| 1993 | 269 | #763 |
| 1992 | 259 | #785 |
| 1991 | 266 | #773 |
| 1990 | 230 | #854 |
| 1989 | 166 | #1,029 |
| 1988 | 131 | #1,163 |
| 1987 | 104 | #1,317 |
| 1986 | 85 | #1,472 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 35 | #2,651 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,387 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,942 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 44 | #1,996 |
| 1975 | 37 | #2,232 |
| 1974 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
Names like Heaven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden, Ocean, Kiara, Keira, Aoibheann, Riley, Eireann, Caoimhe, Rowan, Quinn, Cassidy, Aoife
Other spellings of Heaven
Names related to Heaven
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Heaven: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/heaven, updated 20 October 2026.