Heir
Boy · AIR · English
Heir is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “heir, inheritor”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Heir mean?
English: English word, from Latin heres
“heir, inheritor”
- Say it
- AIR
Is Heir a girl's or a boy's name?
Heir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Heir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Heir, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2019.
Half of all the boys named Heir in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Heir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
Names like Heir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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