Heather
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Heather
This flower name was one of the most popular in her class in the seventies and eighties, a fact reflected in the 1989 movie Heathers, in which every snobby girl in the high school clique bears the name. Now, though still pretty and evocative of the Scottish moors, it has faded in favor of other purplish blooms. It fell out of the Top 1000 in 2016 after having been as high as Number 3 in 1975, when it was given to close to 25,000 girls. Across the pond in the UK however, it remains near the latter end of the Top 1000.
Heather is also given to boys.
Pronounced HETH-er.
As of October 2026, Heather ranked #1264 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3 in 1975, Nameberry popularity #849.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #837 | 331 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #965 | 281 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #977 | 274 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,126 | 223 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,152 | 211 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,387 | 162 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,443 | 151 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,307 | 173 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,309 | 180 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,326 | 171 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,352 | 168 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,264 | 177 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Heather for girls
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Heather on lists
Famous Heathers
- Heather Deen LocklearGirl
American actress
- Heather HeadleyGirl
Trinidadian,American singer
- Heather Joan GrahamGirl
American actress
- Heather Elizabeth MorrisGirl
American actress and dancer
- Heather Paige DuBrowGirl
American reality TV personality ("Real Housewives of Orange County")
- Heather ThomsonGirl
American reality TV personality ("Real Housewives of NYC")
- Heather Christina Marie MatarazzoGirl
American actress
- Heather Nova (born Heather Allison Frith)Girl
Bermudian singer,songwriter
- Heather Marie TomGirl
American actress
- Heather BrattonGirl
American model
- Heather StohlerGirl
American model
- Heather Michele O'RourkeGirl
former American child actress
- Heather McHughGirl
American poet
- Heather McCombGirl
American actress
- Heather HemmensGirl
American actress
- Heather Anne MillsGirl
English model; ex,wife of musician Paul McCartney
- Heather Elizabeth LangenkampGirl
American actress
- Heather B. GardnerGirl
American rapper
- Heather Grace AngelGirl
Anglo,American actress
- Heather SmallGirl
British R&B singer
- Heather Leigh WhitestoneGirl
Miss America 1995
- Heather Ann O'Reilly WerryGirl
American soccer player
- Heather Blaine MittsGirl
American soccer player
- Heather WilliamsGirl
pen name of Venezuelan,American novelist Tui T. Sutherland
- Heather KuzmichGirl
American model ("America's Next Top Model" Cycle 9)
- Heather Louise McCartney (b. 1962)Girl
daughter of Linda & Paul McCartney
- Heather Garcia (b. 1963)Girl
daughter of Grateful Dead rocker Jerry Garcia
- Heather Henson (b. 1970)Girl
daughter of Muppeteer Jim Henson
- Heather Sloane Chua (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of actress Nadine Samonte and Richard Chua
- Heather KozarGirl
American Model Playboy Magazine Playmate of the year for 1999
Heather in pop culture
- Heather McNamaraGirl
Heather Duke, and Heather Chandler, characters in 1988 movie "Heathers"
- Heather BiblowGirl
character on TV's "The Nanny"
- Heather MasonGirl
main character in video game "Silent Hill 3"
- HeatherGirl
character on TV's "Total Drama Island" & "Total Drama Action"
- Heather VasquezGirl
character in video game "Sims 3 Moonlight Bay"
- Heather FoxGirl
character in Jessica Burkhart's Canterwood Crest series
- Heather DavisGirl
character on TV's "Crazy Ex,Girlfriend"
- Lady Heather KesslerGirl
recurring character on TV's "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
- Heather CampbellGirl
character in the Highlander film series
- Heather DanteGirl
character on TV's "The Sopranos"
- Heather HartGirl
character in "Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said" by Philip K. Dick
- Heather FarrellGirl
character on the original "Degrassi" TV series
- Heather SinclairGirl
unseen character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
- Heather Stevens WilliamsGirl
character on American soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Heather the Violet FairyGirl
character in the Rainbow Magic book series
- Heather BockGirl
character in the "Girls Only" series
- Heather ChandlerGirl
character on TV's "Beauty and the Beast'
- "Heather Has Two MommiesGirl
" children's book by Lesléa Newman
- HeatherGirl
character from DreamWorks Dragons
- Heather HillsGirl
character from Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- 'Heather' A character from a song by Conan GrayGirl
who is portrayed as beautiful and kind. Heather is the girl that your crush has a crush on, everyone wants to be Heather.
Variations & nicknames
- HetherGirl