Heather
45
Babies in 2024
-20%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 713
+29%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Heather
Heather peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (713 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 45 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Heather reached its peak in 1996, when 713 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #78 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 45 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 5,497 girls have been officially registered with the name Heather in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 474 girls were registered with the name, starting from 56 in 2014 and ending at 45 in 2024.