Heaven
Heaven is ranked 478th among girls in 2024 (645 births). Its best rank was 245th, in 2005.
- Rank in 2024
- #478up 35 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6450.04% of girls
- Peak year
- 20061,348 births
- Best rank
- #245in 2005
- Since 1971
- 29,789people given the name
The story in the numbers
29,789 girls have been named Heaven in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 1,348 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 336 → 478).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2000s alone account for 40%. It has spent 35 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2006, its biggest year
Heaven was the 253rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2006 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Heaven
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Olyviapeak 2009
- Erianapeak 2007
- Malaynapeak 2004
- Mariafernandapeak 2009
- Arelypeak 2007
- Jayapeak 2007
- Makennapeak 2005
- Nadiyapeak 2003
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.