Heer
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HEER
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Heer is a girls' name of Punjabi origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Heer mean?
Punjabi: name of the heroine of Heer Ranjha
Heer is the heroine of Heer Ranjha, the Punjabi tragic romance best known from Waris Shah's 18th-century poem.
Is Heer a girl's or a boy's name?
Heer is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Heer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Heer, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Heer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Heer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Heer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Heer, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had more girls named Heer than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Heer in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Heer in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
Names like Heer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Raya Ayat Ayah Haniya Noor Zainab Hiba Ayra Anaya Nusaybah
Names related to Heer
More Punjabi names
Asees Gurbaaz Nirvair Gurfateh Jind Baani Akaal Gurnawab Jujhar Ajooni Mannat Ekam Gurniwaz Gurnaaz Gursanjh Avleen
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, “Heer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/heer, updated 20 October 2026.