boys:
3.1k births since 1881
#2248 (51st percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1881
#4883 (37th percentile)
The name Heber is the #4,883 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,098 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 36.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,248 (51.0% percentile) for all time with 3,098 births since 1881.
Heber first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (first recorded for boys in 1881). Birth data for Heber is available in 139 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Heber reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 8.7% percentile (ranked #797) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 1891, with 119 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Heber ranks #887 for boys (2.6% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 13.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Heber".
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