Heath

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Heath: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Heath: Recorded since 1971, with a gap of 20 years, its highest recorded position is #87, and it stood at #702 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#87highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Heath's record

Absent from every published list for 20 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#2337
1998	#1821
2000	#1703
2001	#2587
2002	#1651
2003	#912
2004	#938
2005	#872
2006	#722
2007	#799
2008	#550
2009	#451
2010	#503
2011	#458
2012	#349
2013	#388
2014	#423
2015	#387
2016	#408
2017	#465
2018	#520
2019	#526
2020	#601
2021	#503
2022	#626
2023	#691
2024	#702

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2021: #433 among boys in Northern Ireland, #503 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1971–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #89 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1971–1975
Highest recorded position: #87 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1973 (recorded 1971–1975).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #702 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Heath appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 28 ranked years and 1,537 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1971.

Heath across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Heath's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#349 (2012)	#702 (2024)	28 of 29	1,537 (1996–2024)	125 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#403 (2012)	#271 (2013)	#433 (2021)	5 of 10	21 (2012–2021)	6 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#534 (2013)	#506 (2019)	#506 (2019)	2 of 7	11 (2013–2019)	6 (2019)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#89 (1971)	#87 (1973)	#98 (1975)	3 of 5	239 (1971–1975)	87 (1971)

Heath by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Heath in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	3 of 10	5
2000s	298	10 of 10	30
2010sbusiest	929	10 of 10	93
2020s	295	5 of 10	59

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 93 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births rose by 43, from 82 to 125.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Heath appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #87 in New South Wales, Australia in 1973.

Heath's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#702	51	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#691	50	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#626	57	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#503	78	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#601	59	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#526	72	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#520	75	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#465	88	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#408	104	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#387	112	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#423	96	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#388	105	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#349	125	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#458	82	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#503	70	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#451	81	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#550	60	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#799	33	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#722	36	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#872	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#938	22	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#912	21	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	68	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#87	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	87	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#271	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1971 and 2024, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #87, first reached in 1973.

It held a top-100 place in 3 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 125 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 20 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 42 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jai · #87, 30y
Breanna · #88, 29y
Nikki · #88, 34y
Robbie · #86, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Clint · #86, 23y
Damon · #88, 37y
Kamil · #86, 51y
Naoise · #88, 50y

Heath was ranked #87 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1973. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Heath and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Heath without appearing here.

Heath moved ahead of

Robyn Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2587 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #938 and #3009.
Anders Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1651 and #1519 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #912 and #2857.
Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2587 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1651 and #3225.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2587 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1651 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Heath

Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #550 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #451 and #311.
Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #458 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #349 and #238.
Tadhg Compare
In 2019 they stood at #526 and #634 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #601 and #551.
Hudson Compare
In 2009 they stood at #451 and #498 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #503 and #461.

Moved the opposite way to Heath

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Heath went from #2020 to #702 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Heath went from #2020 to #702 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Heath went from #2020 to #702 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Heath went from #2020 to #702 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Heath

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Heath went from #2020 to #702 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Heath went from #2020 to #702 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Heath went from #2020 to #702 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Heath went from #2020 to #702 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #87 in New South Wales, Australia in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Heath

Heath at a glance

What stands out in Heath's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Heath across 4 official records

Heath by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Heath appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Heath at a glance

What stands out in Heath's record

Heath across 4 official records

Heath by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Heath appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Heath

Heath and the names beside it

Heath moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Heath

Moved the opposite way to Heath

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