Girls' name · peaked in 2005
Heaven name popularity since 1925
30,804 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Heaven (98.6% girls, 1.4% boys). Half of them were born in 2008 or earlier, so the typical Heaven is about 18 years old in 2026. Heaven peaked in 2005 as the #245 name for girls, and it ranked #543 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 30,804
- Named Heaven, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #543
- for girls in 2025 (556 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.6% girls
- 30,361 girls · 443 boys
- Most popular in
- Georgia
- 1.80× its national share
Peak year is the year Heaven made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Heaven births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2006. Measured as a share of all babies, Heaven peaked in 2005.
- Fastest rise: Between 1993 and 1998, Heaven became 3.1× more common, from 1 in 6,730 baby girls to 1 in 2,190.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Heaven's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Heaven.
Decade by decade
Babies named Heaven in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 236 | 0 | #2,248 |
| 1980s | 634 | 0 | #3,112 |
| 1990s | 4,247 | 37 | #558 |
| 2000s | 11,945 | 152 | #245 |
| 2010s | 9,495 | 148 | #347 |
| 2020–25 | 3,804 | 106 | #543 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
55.9% of babies named Heaven from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Heaven is most popular
The index compares Heaven's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Heaven.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 1.80× | 1,438 |
| Florida | 1.60× | 1,671 |
| Texas | 1.47× | 3,335 |
| Louisiana | 1.45× | 756 |
| Arkansas | 1.33× | 397 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Heaven's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Heaven.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Heaven (2005).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data