as a First Name
From the vocabulary word denoting the hardy, brightly coloured plant (Middle English hather; the spelling was altered in the 18th century as a result of folk etymological association with heath). The name was first used in the late 19th century and became particularly popular from the mid-1940s.
| 74th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 677,667
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Heather per capita
- 1975
- marked the height of its popularity
99.95%
0.05%
0.82%
55+
55+
56%
30-54
30-54
36%
13-29
13-29
7%
0-12
0-12
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