Heber
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HEE-ber
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Heber is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “companion, associate”. In 2025 it ranked 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Heber mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“companion, associate”
In Judges, Heber the Kenite is Jael's husband; Heber J. Grant led the Latter-day Saint church from 1918 to 1945.
Is Heber a girl's or a boy's name?
Heber is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Heber in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,582among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Heber, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2005, with 81 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Heber in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Heber in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 37 | #3,036 |
| 2013 | 44 | #2,666 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,184 |
| 2011 | 47 | #2,589 |
| 2010 | 64 | #2,099 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,251 |
| 2008 | 66 | #2,087 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2006 | 69 | #1,942 |
| 2005 | 81 | #1,657 |
| 2004 | 49 | #2,312 |
| 2003 | 41 | #2,503 |
| 2002 | 58 | #1,912 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,023 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,011 |
| 1999 | 38 | #2,344 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,498 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,042 |
| 1995 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,903 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 17 | #1,632 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,698 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,689 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,576 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,551 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,644 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,394 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1928 | 35 | #1,211 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,436 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,304 |
| 1924 | 48 | #1,020 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,322 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,058 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,058 |
| 1920 | 39 | #1,139 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,122 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,079 |
| 1917 | 41 | #1,017 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,096 |
| 1915 | 45 | #925 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,101 |
| 1913 | 25 | #995 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,059 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 11 | #980 |
| 1909 | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 11 | #637 |
| 1900 | 8 | #967 |
| 1899 | 9 | #714 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 12 | #641 |
| 1895 | 13 | #579 |
| 1894 | 11 | #630 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 13 | #571 |
| 1891 | 13 | #497 |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 8 | #722 |
| 1888 | 9 | #704 |
| 1887 | 7 | #752 |
| 1886 | 9 | #647 |
| 1885 | 12 | #547 |
| 1884 | 11 | #570 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
Names like Heber
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abner Jasper Fletcher Miller Oliver Henry Porter Walker Asa Ellis Foster Simon
Names related to Heber
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Heber: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/heber, updated 20 October 2026.